Death, modernity, and the body
Subtitle: Sweden 1870-1940
By: Eva Åhrén
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580463126
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Sweden -- History; Mourning customs -- Sweden -- History; Human body -- Social aspects -- Sweden; Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- Sweden; Sweden -- Social life and customs
Work titles: Doden, kroppen och moderniteten.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The modernization of death; title: On the usefulness of the dead; title: Death on display; title: Preparing the dead body; title: Picturing the dead; title: Purifying flames; title: Abjection and modern rituals.