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Sociology of Funeral Service
“the science of groups; the processes that tend to maintain or change these
forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals”
Why study sociology as it relates to funeral service?
• Funeral rite is a social function.• Funeral rite is a “cultural universal”:– announcement of the death– care of the deceased– a method of disposition– ceremony or ritual– memorialization
Readings Question #1
• Page 181• According to Canine, what are the five basic
elements that create the contemporary American funeral?
Readings Question #2
• Page 183• List 7 social benefits of funerals.
Readings Question #3
• Using the Sociology of Funeral Service Glossary, compare and contrast the following terms:
• funeral and memorial service• funeral rite and social function• culture and customs• mores, taboos and folkways• law and rules
Subculture
• Sociology of Funeral Service Chapter 2 page 5• “a division, or smaller identifiable unit of culture,
connected to that culture by common traits, having unique traits to itself”
• members of the subcultures are still associated with the culture but they have some ways and thoughts unique to themselves
• families are often a “blend” of several different subcultures
Readings Question #4
• Page 6• How has “urbanization” influenced the role of
the traditional funeral service in American society?
Readings Question #5
• Using the Sociology of Funeral Service Glossary, compare and contrast the following terms:
• cultural universal, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism
• religion, ceremony and symbols
Readings Question #6
• Using the textbook and Sociology of Funeral Service Glossary, compare and contrast the following funeral rites: traditional, non-traditional, adaptive, humanistic, primitive and immediate disposition.
Sociological Response to Death
Page 81) the funeral rite itself is a social function2) the funeral rite is a cultural universal3) the funeral director must examine and
understand the social structure of the society4) funeral rites reflect both modern and
contemporary tendencies– modern: of or characteristic of the present or recent
times; not ancient– contemporary: living or happening in the same
period
Readings Question #7
• Chapter 3• Using the Sociology of Funeral Service
Glossary and textbook, define and discuss enculturation.
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