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Remember me : a lively tour of the new American way of death

Summary: An irreverent study of the rites, rituals, and business of death in America examines an undertakers' convention in Nashville, unconventional containers for corpses, and a company that transforms human remains into diamonds.

Record details

ISBN: 0060766832
ISBN: 9780060766832
Physical Description: print
xviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Collins, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The dead beat: a reporter's challenge: finding the fun in funerals -- Four funerals and a wedding : five takes on celebrating -- Confessions of a funeral planner: the case of the tragic dove release and more modern-day mishaps -- Biodegradable you: "grene" burials, the next big thing in cemetery trends -- Ashes to ashes, dust to diamonds: how to turn your loved one into jewelry, and why -- As near to heaven by sea as by land: Two ways to sleep with the fishes -- Outside the box: "Fantastic afterlife vehicles" and other cool containers for corpses -- Disney on ice: a town celebrates its frozen dead guy -- The palstic man: preserving our bodies for science and show -- "The culture thing": New Americans, old funeral rites -- Denial is a river: modern mummification in Salt Lake City -- Modern undertaking: not your father's mortuary school -- Orchids and chopsticks: fueral rites in the old country -- Last stop: some thoughts at the end of the tour -- Last will and testament.