Death in America
By: Philippe Ariès ... [et al.] ; edited, with an introd. by David E. Stannard.
Contributors: Ariès, Philippe.; Stannard, David E.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: [Philadelphia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Mexico
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Substantial portions of this book were originally published in the American quarterly."
Table of contents: title: Goody, J. Death and the interpretation of culture.; title: Stannard, D. E. Death and the Puritan child.; title: Saum, L. O. Death in the popular mind of pre-Civil War America.; title: Douglas, A. Heaven our home: consolation literature in the northern United States, 1830-1880.; title: French, S. The cemetery as cultural institution.; title: Kelly, P. F. Death in Mexican folk culture.; title: Meyers, M. A. Gates ajar: death in Mormon thought and practice.; title: Ariès, P. The reversal of death.