Shifts in Ritual Response to Loss Due to Death: An Assessment of Funeral Service Mourning Trends over Time

Introduction: As the predominant social expression of grief, funerals have been purported to be waning in occurrence and/or transitioning to emergent, less conventional ceremonial forms. In this research, trends regarding the cost, nature (type), and prevalence of funeral services were examined rela...

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Main Authors: Childress, Lawrence D., Clements, Andrea D.
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2016
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7247