Böcker av Chang-Won Park

Presenting a kaleidoscope of informative views of death, dying and human response, this book reveals how different disciplines contribute to understanding the theme of death. It focuses on issues surrounding death, and on the issue of emotion.

Examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in Korea. This book employs the idea of the 'total social phenomenon', a concept first introduced by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss (1872-1950).