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Death and Dying in Central Appalachia
- Changing Attitudes and Practices
Engelsk Paperback

Death and Dying in Central Appalachia

- Changing Attitudes and Practices
Engelsk Paperback

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James Crissman explores cultural traits related to death and dying in Appalachian sections of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, showing how they have changed since the 1600s. Relying on archival materials, almost forty photographs, and interviews with more than 400 mountain dwellers, Crissman focuses on the importance of family and "neighborliness" in mountain society.      Written for both scholarly and general audiences, the book contains sections on the death watch, body preparation, selection or construction of a coffin or casket, digging the grave by hand, the wake, the funeral, and other topics. Crissman then demonstrates how technology and the encroachment of American society have turned these vital traditions into the disappearing practices of the past.  
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9780252063558
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0252063554
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Udg. Dato:
1 mar 1994
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato:
1 mar 1994
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