Ashes: Sweden

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Ashes: Sweden. / Dahlgren, Curt; Hermanson, Jan.

Encyclopedia of Cremation. ed. / Davies Douglas J; Mates Lewis H. Ashgate, 2005. p. 60-64.

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Harvard

Dahlgren, C & Hermanson, J 2005, Ashes: Sweden. in D Douglas J & M Lewis H (eds), Encyclopedia of Cremation. Ashgate, pp. 60-64.

APA

Dahlgren, C., & Hermanson, J. (2005). Ashes: Sweden. In D. Douglas J, & M. Lewis H (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Cremation (pp. 60-64). Ashgate.

CBE

Dahlgren C, Hermanson J. 2005. Ashes: Sweden. Douglas J D, Lewis H M, editors. In Encyclopedia of Cremation. Ashgate. pp. 60-64.

MLA

Dahlgren, Curt and Jan Hermanson "Ashes: Sweden". and Douglas J, Davies Lewis H, Mates (editors). Encyclopedia of Cremation. Ashgate. 2005, 60-64.

Vancouver

Dahlgren C, Hermanson J. Ashes: Sweden. In Douglas J D, Lewis H M, editors, Encyclopedia of Cremation. Ashgate. 2005. p. 60-64

Author

Dahlgren, Curt ; Hermanson, Jan. / Ashes: Sweden. Encyclopedia of Cremation. editor / Davies Douglas J ; Mates Lewis H. Ashgate, 2005. pp. 60-64

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Ashes: Sweden

AU - Dahlgren, Curt

AU - Hermanson, Jan

N1 - The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - The article presents results from an investigation made in southern Sweden in 2001. Ten relatives of people whose remains were scattered were interviewed about the circumstances of the scattering. The forms for scattering the ashes varied depending on the locality. In several cases relatives scattered the ashes alone or together, and in some cases funeral directors and a minister did it. Reciting poems, singing hymns or traditional songs are not uncommon. Overall, the ceremony was a positive experience for the relatives, and it was seen as a terminal point of a long process. Several of the relatives also recognized the scattering of ashes as an option for the disposal of their own bodies after death. It is suggested that the scattering of ashes can be seen as a post-modern way of relating to rites of death.

AB - The article presents results from an investigation made in southern Sweden in 2001. Ten relatives of people whose remains were scattered were interviewed about the circumstances of the scattering. The forms for scattering the ashes varied depending on the locality. In several cases relatives scattered the ashes alone or together, and in some cases funeral directors and a minister did it. Reciting poems, singing hymns or traditional songs are not uncommon. Overall, the ceremony was a positive experience for the relatives, and it was seen as a terminal point of a long process. Several of the relatives also recognized the scattering of ashes as an option for the disposal of their own bodies after death. It is suggested that the scattering of ashes can be seen as a post-modern way of relating to rites of death.

KW - Cremation

KW - scattering of ashes

KW - attitudes death

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 0754637735

SP - 60

EP - 64

BT - Encyclopedia of Cremation

A2 - Douglas J, Davies

A2 - Lewis H, Mates

PB - Ashgate

ER -