Funeral Festivals in America: Rituals for the Living

by Jacqueline S. Thursby

Book Overview

When Evelyn Waugh wrote The Loved One (1948) as a satire of the elaborate preparations and memorialization of the dead taking place in his time, he had no way of knowing how technical and extraordinarily creative human funerary practices would become in the ensuing decades. In Funeral Festivals in America , author Jacqueline S. Thursby explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals have evolved into affairs that help the living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813192994
• ISBN13: 9780813192994
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher