Reading List
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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
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Death
American Afterlives: Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century by Shannon Lee Dawdy
Chinese American Death Rituals: Respecting the Ancestors by Sue Fawn Chung and et. al
Death and the Invisible Powers: The World of Kongo Belief by Simon Bockie
Death and the Idea of Mexico by Claudio Lomnitz
Death in Black and White: Death, Ritual and Family Ecology by Charlton McIlwain
Dying to Eat: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife edited by Candi K. Cann
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
Hidden History: African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia by Lynn Rainville
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
Lay Down Body: Living History in African American Cemeteries by R. Roberta and Hughes Wilbur III
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of American Cemeteries by Greg Melville
Passed on: African American Mourning Stories: A Memorial by Karla FC Holloway
Post-colonial Burial and Grieving Rituals of the Caribbean by Camille Higgins
Preserved: A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America by Dean Lampros
Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America by Stephen Prothero
The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
The Handbook of LGBTQIA-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care by Kimberly D. Acquaviva
The Harlem Book of the Dead by James Van Der Zee, Owen Dodson, and Camille Billops
The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery by Micki McElya
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh by Daina Ramey Berry
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Tales from the Haunted South by Tiya Miles
Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed edited by Dr. Kami Fletcher
To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death by Suzanne E. Smith
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains by Professor Thomas W. Laqueur
The Victorian Book of the Dead by Chris Woodyard
Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America by James Allen
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Grief
African American Grief by Paul C. Rosenblatt and Beverly C. Wallace
Ancestors Said: 365 Introspections for Emotional Healing by Ehime Ora
As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve by J.S. Park
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary- Frances Winters
Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley
Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss by Claire Bidwell Smith
Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow by Breeshia Wade
Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go by Amy Wright Glenn
Practices for Embodied Living by PhD Hillary L. McBride
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Abortion
Abortion and the Christian Tradition: A Pro-Choice Theological Ethic by Margaret D. Kamitsuka
Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto by Merle Hoffman
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
Policing Pregnant Bodies: From Ancient Greece to Post-Roe America by Kathleen M. Crowther
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Deathkeeper/Death Doula
At the Time of Death: Symbols and Rituals for Caregivers and Chaplains by David L. Bieniek
Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death by Henry Ferkso-Weiss LCSW
Death Doula: Tools & Techniques for End-of-Life Support by Kelly Ruby Hanson
Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered Practices of a Death Doula by Anne-Marie Keppel