To serve the living : funeral directors and the African American way of death /

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Suzanne E., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States.
African Americans > Funeral customs and rites.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Undertakers and undertaking > United States.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Noirs américains > Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Funeral customs and rites
African Americans > Social life and customs
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Manners and customs
Undertakers and undertaking
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue: An Undertaker Like Him
  • 1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors
  • 2. The Colored Embalmer
  • 3. My Man's an Undertaker
  • 4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any
  • 5. The African American Way of Death
  • Epilogue: She Has Gone Home
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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