This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals Buist Erica
"[A] rollicking, globe-trotting death adventure..."--The Brooklyn RailWhat if we responded to death... by throwing a party? Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world…
Specifikacia This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals Buist Erica
"[A] rollicking, globe-trotting death adventure..."--The Brooklyn RailWhat if we responded to death... by throwing a party? Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Nepal, Madagascar, Indonesia, Sicily, Japan, Mexico and New Orleans)By the time Erica Buist's father-in-law Chris was discovered, upstairs in his bed, his book resting on his chest, he had been dead for over a week. She searched for answers (the artery-clogging cheeses in his fridge?) and tried to reason with herself (does daughter-in-law even feature in the grief hierarchy?) and eventually landed on an inevitable, uncomfortable truth: everybody dies.With Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities as a starting point, Erica decided to confront death head-on by visiting seven death festivals around the world - one for every day they didn't find Chris.
Dying, Death and Grief
Coping with Death and Grief
Death at the Salon
Death at the Orange Locks
A Death At The Party