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Funeral Festivals in America

Rituals for the Living

Funeral Festivals in America( )
Author: Thursby, Jacqueline S.
Series title:Material Worlds Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8131-9299-4
Publication Date:Nov 2009
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $20.00
Book Description:

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 extraordinarily creative and technical human funerary practices would become. Jacqueline S. Thursby explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Funeral Festivals in America suggests that there is an irony in the...
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Book Details
Pages:168
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Holidays (Non-Religious)
Social Science / Death & Dying
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 Inches
Book Weight:0.6 Pounds



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