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Author James Van Der Zee
Pages cm 86 pp
Signed No
ISBN 0871001578
Publisher Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry
Publishing date 1978
Publishing place New York
Language English
Edition First Edition
Binding Softcover
Book condition Collectible; Very Good
Condition description Light warping to front cover; else fine
Cover condition Fine
Dimensions (cm hxb) 27 x 23

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The Harlem Book of the Dead

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Beautiful and haunting book by the renowned Van Der Zee. Funeral rites and photographs from Harlem during the first half of the twentieth century. From the rear cover- "The Harlem Book of the Dead with its photographs, poems and text are more than representational reflections of mourning rites. They reveal the history of a time in Harlem, now past, when society cared for both the living and the dead, in the belief that we must preserve a standard of pride representing order high in spiritual and temporal values. There is a purging of sorrow in the very pageantry of funerals. Carelessness about death might reflect carelessness about life. The examples of ritual as presented in this volume are as universal as death - and there are Harlem's everywhere.
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