Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins by Shea, Amy

Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins

Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. In recent years, there has...
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Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins by Shea, Amy

Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins

$44.68

Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins

$44.68
Author: Amy Shea
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. In recent years, there has been an increased interest and advocacy concerning end-of-life and after-death care. An increasing number of individuals and organizations from health care to the funeral and death care industries are working to promote and encourage people to consider their end-of-life wishes. Yet, there are limits to who these efforts reach and who can access such resources. These conversations come from a place of good intentions, but also from a place of privilege.

Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, a collection of closely connected essays, takes the reader on a journey into what happens to those who die while experiencing homelessness or who end up indigent or unclaimed at the end of life. Too Poor to Die bears witness to the disparities in death and dying faced by some of society's most vulnerable and marginalized and asks the reader to consider their own end-of-life and disposition plans within the larger context of how privilege and access plays a role in what we want versus what we get in death.

Author: Amy Shea
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 09/09/2025
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781978843981

About the Author
Amy Shea is the writing program director for Mount Tamalpais College, a college for incarcerated people in San Quentin, CA. Her essays have appeared in The Missouri Review, Portland Review, The Massachusetts Review, the Journal of Sociology of Health & Illness, and others.

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