{"product_id":"creating-meaning-in-funerals-william-g-hoy-9781032398327","title":"Creating Meaning in Funerals: How Families and Communities Make Sense of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating Meaning in Funerals\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about the ways in which bereaved families and communities create meaningful ceremonies against a backdrop of what is culturally appropriate, even when their choices might make little economic sense to those outside the culture. The culmination of these customs and practices, this book maintains, is how bereaved individuals, families, and communities are drawn into significant meaning making in early bereavement. Readers will be repeatedly challenged to suspend their own biases, observe the customs and beliefs of others thoughtfully, and provide counseling support and encouragement to bereaved individuals for whom funerals were or were not effective means of coping with their loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscussion questions at the end of each chapter make the book useful for educational settings such as funeral service classroom instruction, thanatology classes, and grief counseling courses. Each chapter is also accompanied by its own reference list to make chapters more useful individually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William G. Hoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032398329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032398327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"William G. Hoy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46217131360511,"sku":"9781032398327","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c55bfafc-7a5e-41dd-a23f-f0efee221b87.jpg?v=1728514373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-meaning-in-funerals-william-g-hoy-9781032398327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}