Death in East Germany, 1945-1990 / Felix Robin Schulz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulz, Felix Robin.

Series:

Monographs in German history ; v. 35.

Monographs in German history ; volume 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Germany (East).

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Death--Social aspects--Germany (East).

Death.

Sepulchral monuments--Germany (East).

Sepulchral monuments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a socialist cemetery culture such as issues of design, spatial layout, and commemorative practices; the propagation of cremation as a means of disposal; the wide-spread introduction of anonymous communal areas for the internment of urns; and the emergence of socialist and secular funeral rituals. The author ana

Contents:

The origins of modern German sepulchral culture

After death : the organization of disposal

Resting places? Cemeteries in the GDR

Burning bodies : cremation in the GDR

The communal burial of ashes : 'new' spaces for disposal

Funerals in the GDR : a diversity of rituals.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782380146

1782380140

OCLC:

858762515