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Mira Menzfeld
Anthropology of Dying
A Participant Observation with Dying Persons in Germany
1st ed. 2018. 2017. xxi, 273 S. 210 mm
Verlag/Jahr: SPRINGER, BERLIN; SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN 2017
ISBN: 3-658-19825-7 (3658198257)
Neue ISBN: 978-3-658-19825-1 (9783658198251)
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Mira Menzfeld explores dying persons´ experiences of their own dying processes. She reveals cultural specificities of pre-exital dying in contemporary Germany, paying special attention to how concepts of dying ´(un)well´ are perceived and realized by dying persons. Her methodological focus centers on classical ethnographic approaches: Close participant observation as well as informal and semi-structured conversations. For a better understanding of the specificities of dying in contemporary Germany, the author provides a refined definition catalogue of adequate terms to describe dying from an anthropological perspective.
First Experiences as a Dying Person.- Cultural Models of Dying.- How it Feels to Be a Dying Person.- Dying as Liminality in the Making.- Insights from and for Dying.
Mira Menzfeld worked as a cultural anthropologist, journalist, and advertising editor. She is currently researching Salafits in Europe and voluntarily attending dying persons.