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Grave matters : death and dying in Dublin, 1500 to the present / Lisa Marie Griffith and Ciarán Wallace editors.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2016Description: 252 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781846826016
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.505 23
Subject: Grave Matters examines the universal subject of death - looking at the particular experience of death, burial and commemoration in Dublin since the sixteenth century. Using death as a way of understanding social conditions, contributions consider the role of the public funeral in establishing political hierarchies, the fate of the city's Catholics during the era of the penal laws and the survival of the death penalty to 1990. Essays explore the meanings of humble headstones, elaborate memorials and post-mortem photography. From Sir Francis Agard's elite funeral in 1577, through the panicky burials during the Spanish flu in 1919, to the presentation of cemeteries as cultural tourism today, this handsomely illustrated collection offers a fascinating analysis of life - and death - in Dublin.
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions 2019 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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Loanable Book Library Irish Collection 941.505 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000437433
Loanable Book Library Irish Collection 941.505 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 07/06/2021 000412228

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grave Matters examines the universal subject of death - looking at the particular experience of death, burial and commemoration in Dublin since the sixteenth century. Using death as a way of understanding social conditions, contributions consider the role of the public funeral in establishing political hierarchies, the fate of the city's Catholics during the era of the penal laws and the survival of the death penalty to 1990. Essays explore the meanings of humble headstones, elaborate memorials and post-mortem photography. From Sir Francis Agard's elite funeral in 1577, through the panicky burials during the Spanish flu in 1919, to the presentation of cemeteries as cultural tourism today, this handsomely illustrated collection offers a fascinating analysis of life - and death - in Dublin.

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