美国式死亡
The American way of death
Jessica Mitford · 初版 1963 年
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“……这里呈现了一整套复杂的商业运作，导致葬礼的昂贵开销、铺张排场和荒唐繁琐与任何Christian或Jewish传统毫无关联，在当今其他任何国家也几乎闻所未闻。书中还提供了关于美国正在采取哪些措施来降低丧葬费用、提升殡葬尊严的准确信息。”
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The American way of death
Jessica Mitford · 初版 1963 年
“……这里呈现了一整套复杂的商业运作，导致葬礼的昂贵开销、铺张排场和荒唐繁琐与任何Christian或Jewish传统毫无关联，在当今其他任何国家也几乎闻所未闻。书中还提供了关于美国正在采取哪些措施来降低丧葬费用、提升殡葬尊严的准确信息。”
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容我推荐一下 Jessica Mitford（米特福德姐妹中完全正常的一个）写的《The American Way of Death》（美国式死亡）？核心故事就是，殡葬业在很久很久以前就彻底绑架了遗体处理的相关监管政策。
May I recommend "The American Way of Death" by Jessica Mitford (the entirely human Mitford sister)? The basic story is that the funeral industry completely captured the regulating of the disposal of dead people a long, long time ago.
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Jessica Mitford 写的《The American Way of Death》。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Way_of_Death
The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Way_of_Death
读读 Jessica Mitford 的《The American Way of Death》> 她觉得死亡已经被过度煽情化、高度商业化，而且最重要的是变得过于昂贵，于是 Mitford 发表了自己的研究，她在其中论证，这些研究记录了……
Read Jessica Mitford's "The American Way of Death" > Feeling that death had become much too sentimentalized, highly commercialized, and, above all, excessively expensive, Mitford published her research, which, she argues, documents the ways in which…
……甚至都不是追赶潮流，而是害怕被自己的社交圈排挤或甩在身后。”这种与生俱来的恐惧和不确定性，被那些嗅到商机想借此大捞一笔的人不断煽动。《The American Way of Death》就是一本贴合这种脉络的好书，尽管它讲的是美国丧葬仪式那种毫无意义且贵得离谱的排场。这本书非常成功、广受好评，但并没有改变任何现状。
…isn't even fashion, but the fear of being ostracized or left behind by one's social circle." A natural source of fear and uncertainty is stoked by people who find opportunity to make a buck off it. "The American Way of Death" is a good book to read in that vein, although it's about the pointless, blindingly expensive ostentation of US burial rituals. The book was very successful and well-regarded; didn't change a thing.
Jessica Mitford 1963 年的书《The American Way of Death》在这里有介绍：https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/death/fond-farewells。正如你所说的那样，她记录了殡葬承办人坐地起价的嘴脸（说好听点是这样）。不过我不知道是否……
Jessica Mitford book "The American Way of Death" from 1963 is describe here https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/death/fond-farewells She documented the undertakers bumping up the prices as you describe (to put it mildly). I don't however know if the…