Death and Funeral Practices in Poland

ISBN-13: 9781032075525 / Twarda / 2023 / 152 str.

Opis

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on funerary practice in Poland. An overview of the important features of the Polish funeral law, funerals, cremations, cemeteries and funeral industry, the book also covers the demographic characteristic of mortality in Poland.

Spis treści

1. Poland: Introduction Anna Długozima, Anna E. Kubiak and Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka 2. History Anna E. Kubiak, Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka and Anna Długozima 3. Mortality Piotr Szukalski 4. Legal Framework of Funerals and Cemeteries Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka and Anna Długozima 5. Governance Anna Długozima and Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka 6. Religious Beliefs and Funerary Practices of the Churches Anna E. Kubiak and Anna Długozima 7. The Funeral Industry Anna E. Kubiak 8.The Funeral Anna E. Kubiak 9. Funeral Costs Anna Długozima 10. Cemeteries, Burial Sites, and Graves Anna Długozima 11. Cremation Anna E. Kubiak and Anna Długozima 12. Commemoration and Memorialisation Anna Długozima and Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka 13. Protecting Funerary Heritage Anna Długozima

O autorze

Anna E. Kubiak is a Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, and a Lecturer at the Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw, Poland.

Anna Długozima is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering at WULS, Warsaw, Poland.

Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka works at the Faculty of Law and Economics at Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland.