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cover of Big Brother and the Grim Reaper: Political Life After Death

Big Brother and the Grim Reaper

Political Life After Death

Benjamin Ginsberg

Michigan State University Press, 2024

States are thought only to exercise power over the land of the living. Benjamin Ginsberg argues otherwise, exploring the state’s reach into the realm of the Grim Reaper, bureaucratizing death to strengthen the state’s hold on life. He notes that increasingly institutions are using the regulation of death as an essential source of power. They do this by not only threatening death to their enemies but also securing loyalty and obedience by extending citizens’ lives and promising to effectuate the postmortem fulfillment of citizens’ antemortem desires. The state treats the loyal dead with respect, sometimes offering them a place in the secular afterlife of honor and memory, while consigning the faithless to the void.
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cover of Death Lore: Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter

Death Lore

Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter

Kenneth L. Untiedt

University of North Texas Press, 2008

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Helping Children Live With Death and Loss

Dinah Seibert, Judy C. Drolet, and Joyce V. Fetro. Illustrations by Christine I. Stetter

Southern Illinois University Press, 2003

Helping Children Live with Death and Loss is a practical guide for parents, caregivers, teachers, clergy, funeral directors, and other adults who may interact with young children between the ages of two and ten. Utilizing a developmental approach that is critical for understanding the unique characteristics and needs among children under ten, the volume is enhanced by an accessible style and format, numerous illustrations, and the positive attitude that make it possible for any reader to comprehend and apply the concepts when discussing death and loss with young children.

The scope of concepts ranges from adult self-assessment to knowledge of children’s developmental stages in learning. Building on that foundation, the book provides four basic content areas for teaching, supplies sample questions and answers, and suggests strategies for teaching general death education as well as strategies for responding to a current death or loss. The resource concludes with print and internet sources for adults and children. Helping Children Live with Death and Loss also aids adults and children in improving their communication and coping skills, which are critical for managing loss and preparing for a healthier future.

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