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Death care : an unseen world /

Filmmaker Christina Strunk explores the unfamiliar world of the funeral industry. Questioning cremationists, funeral directors, and transportation personnel about their experiences working in a stigmatized profession, the film looks at the stereotypes these individuals face on a daily basis. While t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Strunk, Christina (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Los Angeles, CA : University of Southern California, 2010.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Death care industry. Undertakers and undertaking. Crematoriums. Industrie funéraire. Crématoriums. Crematoriums Death care industry Undertakers and undertaking documentary film. Documentary films Ethnographic films Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Documentaires. Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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