Cultivating death.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gruber, Martin, director.

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kensal Green Cemetery (London, England).

Cemeteries--England--London.

Cemeteries.

Bereavement--England--London.

Bereavement.

Genre:

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 min.).

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2003.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Cemeteries are not only places for the dead. They are also spaces in which the living interact with each other-- and with the dead. "Cultivating Death" depicts the different ways in which bereaved people remember and commemorate their deceased family members and friends, by visiting and tending their graves at a Victorian cemetery in London. It is a common belief in the West that the bereaved have to 'let go' and 'get over the loss' of their deceased kin, in order to return to a 'normal' life. In contrast to these cultural norms, many survivors maintain strong social relationships with their dead. "Cultivating Death" portrays some visitors of Kensal Green Cemetery in West-London, as they actively sustain these continuing bonds by arranging and tending the graves of their deceased, talking to them and bringing them gifts. They thereby speak frankly about this important aspect of their mourning for which the cemetery constitutes a unique environment.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 23, 2013).

Recorded London, England 0000.

OCLC:

849668543