THE FUNERALIZATION PROCESS: TOWARD A MODEL OF SOCIAL TIME
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Issue Date
1976-04-01Author
Unruh, David R.
Publisher
Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
Type
Article
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This paper attempts to describe, categorize, and analyze interactions between social actors and the temporal aspects of a specific social occasion. The burial process, as a social occasion, necessitates the coordination and management of social time between individuals, institutions, and the functionaries ofdeath. In the analysis a temporal "model" is constructed whereby interactions between social actors and the temporal components may be categorized. This temporal "model" consists of: temporal awareness, the temporal epoch, temporal allocations, and aspects of temporal management.
Citation
Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 1, Number 1 (SPRING, 1976), pp. 9-25 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4789
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