Date of Award
2022
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Master's Paper
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Anthropology
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
College
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Faculty Advisor
Rubinstein, Ellen
Description
Cremation rates within North Dakota, and the greater US, have been rapidly increasing over the recent decades. Funeral directors, coroners, and death investigators alike have noticed the increase; however, nobody has made a positive determination for why the increase was occurring. Using an anthropological lens, I evaluated the state of cremation with North Dakota and with the use of GIS analysis and interviews with local funeral directors, I was able to determine that there is not one specific reason for the rising cremation rates. Instead, there are multiple factors at play, one of which is cost.
Recommended Citation
Basta, Natalie Anne, "Up in Flames: Using Anthropology to Analyze the Increasing Cremation Rates in North Dakota" (2022). Sociology and Anthropology. 20.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/soc-anth/20
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32266