Funeral Festivals in America: Rituals for the Living
(Part of the Material Worlds Series)
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When Evelyn Waugh wrote The Loved One (1948) as a satire of the elaborate preparations and memorialization of the dead taking place in his time, he had no way of knowing how technical and extraordinarily creative human funerary practices would become in the ensuing decades. In Funeral Festivals in America , author Jacqueline S. Thursby explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals have evolved into affairs that help the living...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813192994
ISBN13:9780813192994
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:168 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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