A morte moderna ou não permita Deus que eu morra sem confissão

Abstract

MODERN DEATH OR DON'T LET GOD ALLOW ME TO DIE WITHOUT CONFESSION

 ABSTRACT :The article "Modern death or don't let God allow me to die without confession" is an excerpt from a doctoral research project. The aim of the text is to reflect on the changes that have taken place in the event of death, a reflection made through personal memories and the exotopic exercise of returning to the scene with an adult gaze and from a perspective of research and analysis of two episodes of death in the family, separated by a time interval of three decades, which involves, among other things, technological transformations and social behaviors. Throughout the text, apparently personal and regional facts coexist with universal aspects, which in isolation do not appear to be part of a larger system that has changed over time. In addition to the views of authors such as Philippe Ariès, Georges Duby and Mikhail Bakhtin, there are popular observations about the proximity of death, death itself, and customs that were or still are present in this environment. The text does not present the results in the traditional manner of research , due to its memoiristic nature, but it does help us to understand the process of disappearance or transmutation of these practices, while at the same time it reveals a distinct behavior in relation to the wake and the afterlife today.