The Last Dance- Homework 1

What describes a Cosmopolitan society with respect to death and dying?

A society which has taken us apart from death

What are some factors that affect our familiarity with death?

closed caskets, people leaving before actual burial, medical technology prolonging death

Death Notices

Brief, standardized, printed statements following the death of an average citizen

Hibakusha

Japanese word meaning: "Explosion affected"

Some dimensions of Thanatology

Philosophical, Ethical, Clinical, Political, Educational, etc.

Examples of 19th century funeral rituals

bedside vigils, wakes took place in the home, the family washed and dressed the body

Examples of a "homemade condolence"

Comfort quilts, homemade flags

The Meaning of Death in Literature

often explored as it relates to the individual as well as to SOCIETY.

Suse Lowenstein's "Dark Elegy" functions as a reminder that:

Life is fragile; survivors have to live with the loss

"Mean World" syndrome

According to George Gerbner, describes depictions of death in the mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF DANGER, INSECURITY, AND MISTRUST

Examples of Holocaust Literature

Diary of Anne Frank, Warsaw Diary, Night

Euphemisms

Substitutions of vague words or phrases for ones considered harsh

the first formal course in death education at an American University was held at:

The University of Minnesota by Robert Fulton, spring 1963

Sanitology's own assembly line

What certain research into death anxiety has been characterized as

Function that humor sometimes has as it relates to death:

counteract anxiety, allow for easier dealings with death by way of comedic relief, brings everyone to a familiar level with each other and makes them feel equal

Ernest Becker

wrote the "Four Strands of Emphasis" in terror management theory

Epidemiologic Transition

the redistribution of deaths from the young to the old

**The 5 Stages of Grief**

1.Denial 2.Anger 3.Bargaining 4.Depression 5.Acceptance

How much has the average life span increased since 1900?

47 to 73 years.. 17 per 1k to 8.7 per 1k

In looking toward the future, Hannelore Wass observes that the study of death and dying will:

Help individuals in societies transcend self-interest in favor of concern for others

Death Anxiety

The largest area of empirical research in Thanatology is concerned with the measurement of attitudes toward death and dying and more particularly:

The major contribution of Elizabeth Kubler Ross' book on death and dying was its focus on:

The needs and feelings of the dying patient

Mele Kanikau

a dance in traditional Hawaiian culture that may have been carefully composed or spontaneous, and used during the funeral procession