Death in East Germany, 1945-1990 /

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As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a social...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schulz, Felix Robin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Series:Monographs in German history ; v. 35.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Germany (East)
Death > Social aspects > Germany (East)
Sepulchral monuments > Germany (East)
Cross-cultural studies.
Funeral Rites > history
Cross-Cultural Comparison
History, 20th Century
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Allemagne (Est)
Mort > Aspect social > Allemagne (Est)
Études transculturelles.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Cross-cultural studies
Death > Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Sepulchral monuments
Bestattungsritus
Grabmal
Kultur
Germany, East
Germany (East)
Deutschland > DDR
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The origins of modern German sepulchral culture
  • After death : the organization of disposal
  • Resting places? Cemeteries in the GDR
  • Burning bodies : cremation in the GDR
  • The communal burial of ashes : 'new' spaces for disposal
  • Funerals in the GDR : a diversity of rituals.

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