{"product_id":"the-mourners-dance-what-we-do-when-people-die-9780865477056","title":"The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen her daughter's fianc  died suddenly, Katherine Ashenburg was surprised to see how her daughter intuitively re-created the traditional rituals of mourning, even those of which she was ignorant. Intrigued, Ashenburg began to explore the rich and endlessly inventive choreographies different cultures and times have devised to mark a universal and deeply felt plight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary North American culture favors a mourning that is private and virtually invisible. But, as Ashenburg reveals, the grieving customs of the past were so integrated into daily life that ultimately they gave rise to public parks and ready-to-wear clothing. Our keepsakes, prescribed bereavement garb, resting places, mourning etiquette; and ways of commiserating from wakes to Internet support groups remain clues to our most elemental beliefs, and our most effective means of restoring selves, and communities, unraveled by loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865477056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Katherine Ashenburg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645405786268,"sku":"9780865477056","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_05634ce1-0695-45cd-8a09-378204d3bee0.jpg?v=1603861043","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mourners-dance-what-we-do-when-people-die-9780865477056","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}