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Death in America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ariès, Philippe, Stannard, David E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States.
Death.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Mexico.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Aries, P. The reversal of death.