This book explores the alternative to the dominant social pratice of a funeral and how they prep the body. The cost of a green burial is far less expensive than the typical funeral (In America).
"The total cost of embalming, funeral and burial of Jenny Johnson comes to $12,376."- pg 14
"Arterial embalming perserves Jenny's tissue and skin by creating an unwelcome enviorment for bacteria. It leaves largely untouched, however , the many billions of bateria that reside- and thrive- within and around her visceral organs. In the early days of embalming, practitioners eliminated those decay-causing microorganisms by cutting open and "eviscerating" the corpse,pulling out abdominal organs and flushing the cavity." pg 22
"Embalming is a three-stage process of preserving a cropse fro viewing:setting the deceased's "features" as they will appear in the casket, draining the body of blood and replacing it with a formaldehyde-based perservative, and then inserting a sharp-pointed "trocar" into the abdomen in order to puncture the body's inner organs, vacuum up the released bacteria and surrounding visceral fluids, afterward flooding the "cleared" area with more preservative."- pg 27
"Hawaii prohibits the embalming of a body infectted with any of half a dozen communicable diseases, including smallpox and yellow fever."- pg 28
At first I thought the book was boring, but the author was only giving the reader background information and examples so that we understand the book. I never realized how much time and effort and money went in for caring for the dead. The business of funeral homes would never go out of business because everyone dies at one point, its a bit of a scam in my opinion. Everyone would of course want the best for theyre dead loved one which means more money.
I think that you found something in this book that I did not see or even thought about. Which know that I think abouty it I think it does "explores the alternative to the dominant social pratice of a funeral and how they prep the body". But I think is that you can give more of what the book is about in more words.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you saod about the book that its noring but also that you never realized all that actually goes into hen having a funeral and I also feel that certain parts family are being scanned with most of the things they are buying but the funeral directors get away with it by making them feel bad or sad.
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