Title Funeral festivals in America : rituals for the living / Jacqueline S. Thursby.

Publication Info.	Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (158 pages).
Series	Material worlds
	Material worlds.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-154) and index.
Contents	Funerals as festivals -- The final passage -- Wakes and other amusements -- Funeral biscuits and funeral feasts -- Mourners' rites -- Explaining the festival and the American way of death.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	In this volume, the author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals have evolved into affairs that help the living with the healing process. Thursby suggests that there is irony in the festivities surrounding death.
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Subject	Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States.
	Festivals -- United States.
	Wake services -- United States.
	United States -- Social life and customs.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying.
	Festivals. (OCoLC)fst00923329
	Funeral rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst00936223
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Wake services. (OCoLC)fst01169983
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form:	Print version: Thursby, Jacqueline S., 1940- Funeral festivals in America. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006 0813123801 (DLC) 2005022925 (OCoLC)61261253
ISBN	0813171830 (electronic bk.)
	9780813171838 (electronic bk.)

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