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Death and Afterlife in Modern France
Thomas A. Kselman
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
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 cultural context in ... Read more
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 cultural context in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691631660
SKU
V9780691631660
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Reviews for Death and Afterlife in Modern France
"Such is the wealth of research and scholarship in this intriguing book that there is almost enough for several volumes... [I]t is a volume of unusual richness, and is meticulous in its documentation. Above all, it is sensitive to the complexities and paradoxes."
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