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STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by L_Monty 02:18 PM
Categories: Cultural Anthropology, Science
Disembodied heads at a convention center. Corpses strewn about a woodland area for a college. Bodies strapped into a Ford and hurled at a wall. Bodies blown up, crash-landed, nailed to crosses and turned into plastic. It sounds horrifying, but it might be the funniest book you read all year. Read more...
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The American Way of Death

by L_Monty 08:06 AM
Categories: Cultural Anthropology, current events, history
When Jessica Mitford emigrated to the United States, she was startled to find funerals that cost a small fortune. Later, when she looked into the industry, she was outraged to see caskets marked up by an order of magnitude and slick (often false) sales pitches designed to take every last dollar of the bereaved. This was 1960. Thirty-five years later, she went back to find almost nothing had changed. Read more...
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