The Resource Death and Afterlife in Modern France
Death and Afterlife in Modern France
- Summary
- Although today in France church attendance is minimal, when death occurs many families still cling to religious rites. In exploring this common reaction to one of the most painful aspects of existence, Thomas Kselman turns to nineteenth-century French beliefs about death and the afterlife not only to show how deeply rooted the cult of the dead is in one Western society, but how death and the behavior of mourners have been politicized in the modern world. Drawing on sermons preached in rural and urban parishes, folktales, and accounts of seances, the author vividly re-creates the social and
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (432 pages)
- Note
- Cover
- Isbn
- 9781400862986
- Label
- Death and Afterlife in Modern France
- Title
- Death and Afterlife in Modern France
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Although today in France church attendance is minimal, when death occurs many families still cling to religious rites. In exploring this common reaction to one of the most painful aspects of existence, Thomas Kselman turns to nineteenth-century French beliefs about death and the afterlife not only to show how deeply rooted the cult of the dead is in one Western society, but how death and the behavior of mourners have been politicized in the modern world. Drawing on sermons preached in rural and urban parishes, folktales, and accounts of seances, the author vividly re-creates the social and
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- Dewey number
- 393.0944
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GT3249.A2
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Label
- Death and Afterlife in Modern France
- Note
- Cover
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- net
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn884012878
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (432 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400862986
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt73509w
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b33604046
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)884012878
- ebsco1400862981
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