Beyond words: Some uses of music in the funeral setting

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-334

  Caswell, Glenys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; EMOTION; HUMAN; MUSIC; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RELIGION; SYMBOLISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FUNERAL RITES; HUMANS; MUSIC; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84857835400     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.64.4.c     Document Type: Article

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