Author | Stanley Burns |
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Pages | n.p. |
Signed | No |
ISBN | 942642325 |
Publisher | Twelvetrees Press |
Publishing date | 1990 |
Publishing place | Altadena, California |
Language | English |
Edition | First edition |
Binding | Hardcover including dustjacket |
Book condition | Collectible; Very Good |
Condition description | Name owner on title page. Minimal toning to edges of pages. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. |
Cover condition | Fine |
Dimensions (cm hxb) | 31 x 24 |
Number published | 3000 |
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.
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Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America
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Postmortem photography made 1840-1930.
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