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Gone to the grave [electronic resource] : burial customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950 / Abby Burnett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi Jackson, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:
  • 9781626740624
  • 1626740623
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Gone to the graveDDC classification:
  • 393/.9309767 23
LOC classification:
  • GT3210.A75 B87 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Keeping death at bay -- Sitting up with the sick and dying -- Laying out the body -- Sitting up with the body -- Coffins and caskets -- Notification, transportation, and farewell -- Creating graves and graveyards -- Marking the graves -- Funerals and decoration day -- Childbirth, children, and death -- Disenfranchised death -- Early undertaking.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Keeping death at bay -- Sitting up with the sick and dying -- Laying out the body -- Sitting up with the body -- Coffins and caskets -- Notification, transportation, and farewell -- Creating graves and graveyards -- Marking the graves -- Funerals and decoration day -- Childbirth, children, and death -- Disenfranchised death -- Early undertaking.

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