Title: Death and the afterlife in modern France /
Authors: Kselman, Thomas A. 1948-
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies France History; Death Religious aspects Catholic Church; Attitude to Death history.; Funeral Rites history; Catholicism history; France Religious life and customs.; France Social life and customs.; France History
Contents: pt. 1. Mortality and Mortal Knowledge. Ch. 1. Progress and Anxiety in French Demography -- pt. 2. Folk, Orthodox, and Alternative Cultures. Ch. 2. Folk Religion: Tales of the Dead. Ch. 3. Catholicism and the Cult of the Dead. Ch. 4. Alternative Afterlives in the Nineteenth Century -- pt. 3. The Material Culture of Death. Ch. 5. From Churchyard to Cemetery. Ch. 6. The Origins of Commercial Funerals. Ch. 7. The Diffusion and Reform of Pompes Funebres -- Epilogue: Courbet's Burial at Ornans and the Cult of the Dead.