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Author Thursby, Jacqueline S., 1940-

Title Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / Jacqueline S. Thursby.

Publication Info. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2006]
©2006

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (158 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Material worlds
Material worlds.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-154) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary In this volume, the author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals have evolved into affairs that help the living with the healing process. Thursby suggests that there is irony in the festivities surrounding death.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
United States.
Festivals -- United States.
Festivals.
Wake services -- United States.
United States -- Social life and customs.
Wake services.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Thursby, Jacqueline S., 1940- Funeral festivals in America. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006 0813123801 (DLC) 2005022925 (OCoLC)61261253
ISBN 0813171830 (electronic book)
9780813171838 (electronic book)
9780813134949
0813134943
9781322594507
1322594503
0813123801
9780813123806
9780813149875 (electronic book)
0813149878 (electronic book)
Standard No. 9780813123806