Reflecting on poignant and universal experience, this nostalgic book examines the death of a loved one and the often uneasy process of living with and discarding the possessions that are left behind--a daughter's hairbrush, a father's favorite chair, or a husband's clothes. Beautifully written and extensively researched, this guide chronicles the issues surrounding inheritance and the power of objects to bind and unbind families. Written from a sociologist's perspective, this wide-ranging examination of grief is supplemented by firsthand accounts from Australians of various ages and...
Reflecting on poignant and universal experience, this nostalgic book examines the death of a loved one and the often uneasy process of living with and...
This book takes readers into stories of love, loss, grief and mourning and reveals the emotional attachments and digital kinships of the virtual 3D social world of Second Life. This book shows how a virtual world can change lives and create forms of memory, nostalgia and mourning for both real and avatar based lives.
This book takes readers into stories of love, loss, grief and mourning and reveals the emotional attachments and digital kinships of the virtual 3D so...
