Buying an Afterlife: Mapping the Social Impact of Religious Beliefs through Consumer Death Goods
Choosing to have a body embalmed, the choice of interment locations and type, including the selection of a particular casket, are all deeply intertwined with various understandings of the afterlife, and views of the body after death. Consumer choices in these cases are often determined by imagined e...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2017]
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Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 9, Pages: 1-14 |
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funeral industry
B United States B Afterlife B Religious Belief B vaults B Mapping B Christianity B consumer goods B embalmment B imagined embodiment |
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