Funerary Practices in the Czech Republic / Olga Nešporová.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nešporová, Olga, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Funerary international.

Funerary international

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Czech Republic.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Czech Republic--History.

Death--Social aspects--Czech Republic--History.

Death.

Burial laws.

Cremation.

Death--Social aspects.

History.

Czech Republic--Religious life and customs.

Czech Republic.

Cremation--Czech Republic.

Burial laws--Czech Republic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 160 pages) : illustrations, map.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

2.1 The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries p. 5

2.1.1 Demography and Epidemiology p. 7

2.1.2 Burial Sites p. 10

2.1.3 The Funeral Directing Industry p. 14

2.2 The Cremation Movement p. 15

2.2.1 The Czech German Cremation Movement p. 16

2.2.2 The Czech Cremation Movement p. 18

2.2.3 The Interwar Period p. 21

2.3 The First and Second World Wars p. 24

2.3.1 The First World War p. 24

2.3.2 Influenza Pandemic p. 25

2.3.3 The Second World War p. 26

2.4 The Communist Period in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989) p. 27

2.4.1 The Promotion of Civil Funerals p. 30

2.4.2 Infrastructure p. 30

2.4.3 The Occurrence of Secular Funerals p. 32

2.5 Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 p. 34

2.5.1 Continuity in the Funeral Industry p. 35

2.5.2 Religion and Secularisation p. 36

3 Demographic and Legal Frameworks p. 39

3.1 The Demography of Mortality p. 39

3.2 Czech Legislation Concerning Death p. 43

3.2.1 The Registration of Deaths p. 43

3.2.2 Social Funerals p. 46

3.3 Principal Legislation Concerning Funeral Directing p. 47

3.3.1 Trade Licence p. 48

3.3.2 Advertising Regulations p. 49

3.3.3 The Regulation of Funeral Fees p. 49

3.3.4 Planning and the Environment p. 51

4 Crematoria and Cremation p. 53

4.1 Development since the 1950s p. 53

4.1.1 The Period of Communist Rule (1948-1989) p. 53

4.1.2 The Post-communist Period (after 1989) p. 58

4.2 Cremation Rates since the 1950s p. 59

4.3 The Functioning of Crematoria p. 61

4.3.1 Running a Crematorium p. 63

4.3.2 The Cremation Industry p. 64

4.3.3 The Cremation Process p. 65

4.4 The Disposal of the Ashes p. 66

4.4.1 Placing the Ashes in a Grave or Columbarium p. 68

4.4.2 The Scattering of the Ashes p. 70

4.4.3 The Digging in of the Ashes under a Piece of Lawn p. 71

4.4.4 Ashes Outside Cemeteries p. 73

5 The Funeral and the Funeral Ceremony p. 77

5.1 Types of Funeral p. 79

5.2 The Typical Funeral: Secular Funeral with a Civil Ceremony p. 82

5.2.1 The Time between Death and the Funeral p. 83

5.2.2 Ordering a Funeral p. 84

5.2.3 The Death Notice p. 85

5.2.4 The Funeral Ceremony p. 87

5.2.5 Dress Code p. 91

5.2.0 Funeral Tea p. 91

5.2.7 General Facts about Secular Funeral Ceremonies p. 92

5.3 The Religious Funeral - Roman Catholic p. 94

5.3.1 Religious Affiliation p. 99

5.4 Cremation without a Funeral Ceremony p. 100

5.5 DIY Funerals p. 101

6 Funeral Costs p. 105

6.1 The Costs of Funeral Services p. 106

6.1.1 Minimum and Average Prices p. 106

6.1.2 Direct Cremation p. 109

6.1.3 Social Funerals p. 109

6.1.4 The Funeral Grant p. 110

6.2 Cemetery Costs p. 111

7 Burial Sites p. 115

7.1 Burial Sites in History p. 115

7.2 Statistics on Contemporary Burial Sites p. 117

7.3 War Graves and Memorials p. 118

7.4 Burial Sites p. 120

7.4.1 Appearance p. 120

7.4.2 Dedicated Areas for the Placing of the Ashes p. 122

7.4.3 Groves p. 123

7.4.4 The Lease of Groves p. 126

7.4.5 Legislation p. 127

7.4.6 Conservation and the Funerary Heritage p. 129

7.4.7 Well-known Cemeteries p. 129

7.5 Natural Burial p. 130

8 Commemoration p. 133

8.1 The Visiting of Cemeteries p. 133

8.2 Roadside Memorials p. 136

8.3 Virtual Commemoration p. 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781789731095

1789731097

Publisher Number:

99989137145

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