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Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living /
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 Americ...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2009.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
| Series: | Material worlds.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (167 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813149875 0813149878 |