a binary dichotomy reiterating the Jessica Mitford/ Evelyn Waugh line deploring the American way of death, it was complicated by the material they gathered and their evident empathy. A second Tai funeral conducted according to Buddhist rites suggests discrepancies of tradition (and class) within the country, perplexing the first simplistic East vs. West contrast. Outside of the mortuary business, American


interviewees, including elderly trailer park residents and muscular dystrophy sufferers, are seen discussing death clear-eyed and pragmatically. Zeno and his collaborators apply much the same perspective to the last taboo in Des Morts, with extraordinary results— and here is at least one case where the stigma that comes with the “Mondo” tag has kept a superlative piece of work from receiving its just due.


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