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Death and the afterlife in modern France / Thomas A. Kselman.
Van Pelt Library GT3249.A2 K74 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kselman, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--France--History--19th century.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Death.
- History.
- France--Religious life and customs.
- France.
- France--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- France--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- Although today in France church attendance is minimal, when death occurs many families still cling to religious rites. In exploring this common reaction to one of the most painful aspects of existence, Thomas Kselman turns to nineteenth-century French beliefs about death and the afterlife to show not only how deeply rooted the cult of the dead is in one Western society, but how death and the behavior of mourners have been politicized in the modern world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691031908
- 0691008892
- OCLC:
- 25747574
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