Gone to the grave : burial customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950 /

Gone to the grave : burial customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Burnett, Abby, author.
Imprint:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]
Description:	xv, 327 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Arkansas -- History. Burial -- Social aspects -- Arkansas -- History. Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Ozark Mountains -- History. Burial -- Social aspects -- Ozark Mountains -- History. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Manners and customs. Arkansas -- Social life and customs. Ozark Mountains -- Social life and customs. Arkansas. United States -- Ozark Mountains. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10084271

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ISBN:	9781628461114 (cloth : alk. paper) 162846111X (cloth : alk. paper) 9781628461121 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:	Online version: Burnett, Abby. Gone to the grave Jackson : University Press of Mississippi Jackson, 2014 9781628461121

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Keeping Death at Bay
Chapter 2. Sitting up with the Sick and Dying
Chapter 3. Laying out the Body
Chapter 4. Sitting up with the Body
Chapter 5. Coffins and Caskets
Chapter 6. Notification, Transportation, and Farewell
Chapter 7. Creating Graves and Graveyards
Chapter 8. Marking the Graves
Chapter 9. Funerals and Decoration Day
Chapter 10. Childbirth, Children, and Death
Chapter 11. Disenfranchised Death
Chapter 12. Early Undertaking
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index