Death in America /Philippe Ari{grave}es...[et al.] ; edited, with an introd. by David E. Stannard.
Description
Goody, J. Death and the interpretation of culture.--Stannard, D. E. Death and the Puritan child.--Saum, L. O. Death in the popular mind of pre-Civil War America.--Douglas, A. Heaven our home: consolation literature in the northern United States, 1830-1880.--French, S. The cemetery as cultural institution.--Kelly, P. F. Death in Mexican folk culture.--Meyers, M. A. Gates Ajar: death in Mormon thought and practice.--Ari{grave}es, P. The reversal of death.
xv, 158 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Publication Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States.
Death.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Mexico.
Call No.
GT3203 .D4
ISBN
0812276957, 0812201840 pbk
LCCN
75010124
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Publication Info: [Philadelphia] :University of Pennsylvania Press,1975, c1974.