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01/31/2012

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Ancient Ethiopians
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Eviscerated, applied plaster over body, corpse painted,corpse coated with resin like substance.
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Ancient Persians syrians and babalonians
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Immersed the dead in jars of wax or honey.
The body of alexander the great was preserved in honey
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Egalitarian
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man and female have equal rights, duties, and governing power. usually a parent or parents who make final decision, but children will be heard and considered
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Egyptian embalming
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3200bc- 650ad
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Extended family(joint)
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a household or family unit consisting of father and mother, all their children (except married daughters), their son's wives and children(except married daughters)
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Patriarchal
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the father that rules the family; power is passed to the oldest male child
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adaptive funeral rite
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a funeral rite that adjusted to the need and wants of those directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the times
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blended family
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a household or family unit created by one male and one female and the children from their previous marriages and may include children from the present marriage
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bureaucratization
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the creation of a system which governs through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible routine
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ceremony(ritual)
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an instrumental action dealing with death, that is also expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expressing, among other things, that attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers(passive participants)who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries
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class
Definition
social grouping. roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes
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cohabitants
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two unrelated adults of opposite sex sharing living quarters
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contemporary
Definition
living or happening in the same period
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cultural relativism
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the emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent
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cultural universal
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like abstract patterns of and for living and dying, which are identifiable in all. marriage funeral service etc.
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culture
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consist of abstract patterns(rules, ideas, beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying, which are learned directly and indirectly
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customs
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social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people. Like hosting funerals at church, or funeral home.
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demographic
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the science of vital statistics, or of births, deaths, marraiges, etc. of populations. (pertaining to demography)
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enculturation (socialization)
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the method by which the social values are internalized(learned)
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ethnic
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any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind distinguished by customs, characteristics and languages, rather than physical characteristics of race
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ethnocentrism
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an emotional attitude that ones own race, nation, group, or culture is superior to all others
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folkways
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behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than Mores of the same society, and do not call for a strong reaction from the society if violated
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funeral
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rite with the body present
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funeral rite
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an all inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial services. (this is a cultural universal)
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funeral rite
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cultural universal
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funeralization
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a process involving all activities associated with final funeral disposition
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humanistic funeral rite
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a funeral rite that is in the essence devoid of religious connotation. (no religion)
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immediate disposition
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any disposition of human remains, which is completely devoid of any funeral rite at the time of disposition
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industrialization
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individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods utilizing mass production techniques
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law
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a must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people(related to death) but one which is enforced by those governing; a rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its will
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matriarchal
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the mother rules the family. a woman holding a position analogous to that of a patriarch
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memorial service.
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funeral rite where body is not present
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mobility
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the state or quality of being mobile. move from class to class either up or down.
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modern
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characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient, often used to designate certain contemporary tendencies.
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modified extended nuclear family
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a household or family unit created by related nuclear families and or friendships. social friendships
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mores
Definition
must behavior. basic important pattern as to how we treat the dead. like jews not embalming
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neo-localism
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the tendency of offspring to move away from the area in which they were born
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non-traditional funeral rite
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a service that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom
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nuclear family
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a household or family unit consisting of one man and one woman married to each other, and their children(if any)
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primitive funeral rite
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before written word. tribe
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religion
Definition
sacred beliefs, emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs, and overt conduct presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings
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rites of passage
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ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to another(ex. baptism, marriage, and funeral)
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ritual
Definition
ceremony
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rules
Definition
specified methods of procedure
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single parent family
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a household or family unit consisting of one adult, either male or female, and their children
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social function
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an event that allows those who have something in common with each other to deal with one another in regard to that which they share
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social stratification
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categorization of people by money, prestige and power, a ranking of social status(position) in groups such as upper, middle, and lower
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socialization
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enculturation. mixing with other cultures
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society
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a group of persons forming a single community with interest in common
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sociology
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the science of social groups. the processes that tend to maintain or change these forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals. begins at the arrangement, ends with the funeral disposition(ceremony)
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subculture
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a division, or smaller identifiable unit of culture, connected to that culture by common traits, having unique traits itself
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symbols
Definition
things to which socially created meaning is given.
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taboos
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must behavior that indicates the individual must abstain away from certain acts dealing with death
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traditional funeral rite
Definition
funeral service that fallows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that may be dictated either by religous belief or social custom
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urbanization
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the change from rural to urban in character
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