Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / Jacqueline S. Thursby.
2006
GT3203 .T48 2006 (Mapit)
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Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / Jacqueline S. Thursby.
ISBN
0813123801 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2006.
Language
English
Description
158 p. ; 24 cm.
Item Number
9780813123806
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GT3203 .T48 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
393/.9
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-154) and index.
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Funerals as festivals
The final passage
Wakes and other amusements
Funeral biscuits and funeral feasts
Mourners' rites
Explaining the festival and the American way of death.
The final passage
Wakes and other amusements
Funeral biscuits and funeral feasts
Mourners' rites
Explaining the festival and the American way of death.