American afterlife : encounters in the customs of mourning / / Kate Sweeney |
Autore | Sweeney Kate <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 393 |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Mourning customs - United States Undertakers and undertaking - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8203-4689-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 American Ways of Death; CHAPTER 2 Gone, but Not Forgotten; DISMAL TRADE: Sarah Peacock, Memorial Tattoo Artist: Under the Skin; CHAPTER 3 The Cemetery's Cemetery; DISMAL TRADE: Kay Powell, Obituary Writer: The Doyenne Speaks; CHAPTER 4 The Last Great Obit Writers' Conference; CHAPTER 5 Give Me That Old-Time Green Burial; DISMAL TRADE: Oana Hogrefe, Memorial Photographer Memory Maker; CHAPTER 6 The House Where Death Lives; DISMAL TRADE: Lenette Hall, Owner, The Urngarden: The Business at the Back of the Closet; CHAPTER 7 With the Fishes
DISMAL TRADE: Anne Gordon, Funeral Chaplain: Funerals Are FunCHAPTER 8 Death by the Roadside; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464938503321 |
Sweeney Kate <1978-> | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American afterlife : encounters in the customs of mourning / / Kate Sweeney |
Autore | Sweeney Kate <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 393 |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Mourning customs - United States Undertakers and undertaking - United States |
ISBN | 0-8203-4689-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 American Ways of Death; CHAPTER 2 Gone, but Not Forgotten; DISMAL TRADE: Sarah Peacock, Memorial Tattoo Artist: Under the Skin; CHAPTER 3 The Cemetery's Cemetery; DISMAL TRADE: Kay Powell, Obituary Writer: The Doyenne Speaks; CHAPTER 4 The Last Great Obit Writers' Conference; CHAPTER 5 Give Me That Old-Time Green Burial; DISMAL TRADE: Oana Hogrefe, Memorial Photographer Memory Maker; CHAPTER 6 The House Where Death Lives; DISMAL TRADE: Lenette Hall, Owner, The Urngarden: The Business at the Back of the Closet; CHAPTER 7 With the Fishes
DISMAL TRADE: Anne Gordon, Funeral Chaplain: Funerals Are FunCHAPTER 8 Death by the Roadside; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789028503321 |
Sweeney Kate <1978-> | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American afterlife : encounters in the customs of mourning / / Kate Sweeney |
Autore | Sweeney Kate <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 393 |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Mourning customs - United States Undertakers and undertaking - United States |
ISBN | 0-8203-4689-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 American Ways of Death; CHAPTER 2 Gone, but Not Forgotten; DISMAL TRADE: Sarah Peacock, Memorial Tattoo Artist: Under the Skin; CHAPTER 3 The Cemetery's Cemetery; DISMAL TRADE: Kay Powell, Obituary Writer: The Doyenne Speaks; CHAPTER 4 The Last Great Obit Writers' Conference; CHAPTER 5 Give Me That Old-Time Green Burial; DISMAL TRADE: Oana Hogrefe, Memorial Photographer Memory Maker; CHAPTER 6 The House Where Death Lives; DISMAL TRADE: Lenette Hall, Owner, The Urngarden: The Business at the Back of the Closet; CHAPTER 7 With the Fishes
DISMAL TRADE: Anne Gordon, Funeral Chaplain: Funerals Are FunCHAPTER 8 Death by the Roadside; AFTERWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818929403321 |
Sweeney Kate <1978-> | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond the Good Death : The Anthropology of Modern Dying / / James W. Green |
Autore | Green James W. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90973 |
Soggetto topico |
Death - Social aspects - United States
Death - Psychological aspects Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89046-1
0-8122-0207-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Getting Dead -- 2. Exit Strategies -- 3. The Body As Relic -- 4. Soulscapes -- 5. Passing It On -- 6. In Our Hearts Forever -- 7. The Future Of Death -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452666703321 |
Green James W. | ||
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond the Good Death : The Anthropology of Modern Dying / / James W. Green |
Autore | Green James W. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90973 |
Soggetto topico |
Death - Social aspects - United States
Death - Psychological aspects Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Folklore Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-283-89046-1
0-8122-0207-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Getting Dead -- 2. Exit Strategies -- 3. The Body As Relic -- 4. Soulscapes -- 5. Passing It On -- 6. In Our Hearts Forever -- 7. The Future Of Death -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779364003321 |
Green James W. | ||
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond the Good Death : The Anthropology of Modern Dying / / James W. Green |
Autore | Green James W. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90973 |
Soggetto topico |
Death - Social aspects - United States
Death - Psychological aspects Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Folklore Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-283-89046-1
0-8122-0207-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Getting Dead -- 2. Exit Strategies -- 3. The Body As Relic -- 4. Soulscapes -- 5. Passing It On -- 6. In Our Hearts Forever -- 7. The Future Of Death -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808114303321 |
Green James W. | ||
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / / Jacqueline S. Thursby |
Autore | Thursby Jacqueline S. <1940-> |
Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
Disciplina | 393/.9 |
Collana | Material Worlds |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Festivals - United States Wake services - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8131-3494-3
0-8131-4987-8 0-8131-7183-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451967303321 |
Thursby Jacqueline S. <1940-> | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / / Jacqueline S. Thursby |
Autore | Thursby Jacqueline S. <1940-> |
Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
Disciplina | 393/.9 |
Collana | Material Worlds |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Festivals - United States Wake services - United States |
ISBN |
0-8131-3494-3
0-8131-4987-8 0-8131-7183-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777533703321 |
Thursby Jacqueline S. <1940-> | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / / Jacqueline S. Thursby |
Autore | Thursby Jacqueline S. <1940-> |
Edizione | [Paperback edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
Disciplina | 393/.9 |
Collana | Material Worlds |
Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Festivals - United States Wake services - United States |
ISBN |
0-8131-3494-3
0-8131-4987-8 0-8131-7183-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815609403321 |
Thursby Jacqueline S. <1940-> | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Funeral of President Roosevelt [etc.] [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : National Archives and Records Administration, , [1945] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 file : digital, Flash, sound, black and white |
Soggetto topico | Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States |
Formato | Multimedia |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695022303321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : National Archives and Records Administration, , [1945] | ||
Multimedia | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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