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Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America
€132.00
Postmortem photography made 1840-1930.
This volume presents a chronological arrangement of postmortem photography 1840-1930; no other collection of this material has been made available despite recent interest in the American way of death. What emerges is a vivid visual history of the changes in American customs. We can see the change in death concepts and funerary practices, from the image of death as a stark Puritan journey for a sinner to the late Victorian beautification of death and its interpretation as a restful sleep for a redeemed soul.
Bibliographic Details
| Author | Stanley Burns |
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| Publisher | Twelvetrees Press |
| Place of publication | Altadena, California |
| Year | 1990 |
| Edition | First edition |
| Binding | Hardcover including dustjacket |
| ISBN | 942642325 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | 31 x 24 |
Condition Report
| Condition | Very Good |
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| Cover | Fine |
| Notes | Name owner on title page. Minimal toning to edges of pages. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. |
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