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- catalog abstract "Far more than merely elements of space sectioned off and set aside for the burial of the dead, cemeteries are, in effect, open cultural texts, there to be read and appreciated by anyone who takes the time to learn a bit of their special language. In the United States, nowhere is this more true than in the case of cemeteries established by members of the diverse ethnic groups which have exerted a subtle but powerful influence upon the development of American culture. Ethnicity and the American Cemetery, a volume comprised of eight original, individually commissioned essays, explores in detail the manner in which representative ethnic groups in America have made their cemeteries - the sites themselves, the material objects found within them, and the customary practices bound to both, a most powerful and eloquent voice for the expression of values and worldview inherent in their self-conscious awareness of their own special identity. Contributing authors illustrate the book's interdisciplinary focus, with representation from, among others, the fields of folklore, cultural history, historical archeology landscape architecture, and philosophy, heavily illustrated, the volume also features an introductory essay by editor Richard E. Meyer and an extensive annotated bibliography.".
- catalog contributor b6218476.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Contributing authors illustrate the book's interdisciplinary focus, with representation from, among others, the fields of folklore, cultural history, historical archeology landscape architecture, and philosophy, heavily illustrated, the volume also features an introductory essay by editor Richard E. Meyer and an extensive annotated bibliography.".
- catalog description "Ethnic cemeteries in America / Richard E. Meyer -- Windows in the garden / John Matturri -- Keeping Ukraine alive through death / Thomas E. Graves -- Czech cemeteries in Nebraska from 1868 / Karen S. Kiest -- Scottish, Irish and Rom Gypsy funeral customes and gravestones in Cincinnati cemeteries / Paul F. Erwin -- American Jewish cemeteries / Roberta Halporn -- The Agua Mansa cemetery / Russell J. Barber -- The people of Rimrock bury alfred K. Lorenzo / Keith Cunningham -- Oriental and Polynesian cemetery traditions in the Hawaiian Islands / Nanette Napoleon Purnell -- The literature of necroethnicity in America / Richard E. Meyer.".
- catalog description "Far more than merely elements of space sectioned off and set aside for the burial of the dead, cemeteries are, in effect, open cultural texts, there to be read and appreciated by anyone who takes the time to learn a bit of their special language. In the United States, nowhere is this more true than in the case of cemeteries established by members of the diverse ethnic groups which have exerted a subtle but powerful influence upon the development of American culture. Ethnicity and the American Cemetery, a volume comprised of eight original, individually commissioned essays, explores in detail the manner in which representative ethnic groups in America have made their cemeteries - the sites themselves, the material objects found within them, and the customary practices bound to both, a most powerful and eloquent voice for the expression of values and worldview inherent in their self-conscious awareness of their own special identity.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-237).".
- catalog extent "239 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Ethnicity and the American cemetery.".
- catalog identifier "0879726008".
- catalog identifier "0879726016 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ethnicity and the American cemetery.".
- catalog isPartOf "Material culture".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press,".
- catalog relation "Ethnicity and the American cemetery.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "393/.0973 20".
- catalog subject "Cemeteries United States.".
- catalog subject "Ethnicity United States.".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies United States.".
- catalog subject "GT3203 .E74 1993".
- catalog subject "Sepulchral monuments United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ethnic cemeteries in America / Richard E. Meyer -- Windows in the garden / John Matturri -- Keeping Ukraine alive through death / Thomas E. Graves -- Czech cemeteries in Nebraska from 1868 / Karen S. Kiest -- Scottish, Irish and Rom Gypsy funeral customes and gravestones in Cincinnati cemeteries / Paul F. Erwin -- American Jewish cemeteries / Roberta Halporn -- The Agua Mansa cemetery / Russell J. Barber -- The people of Rimrock bury alfred K. Lorenzo / Keith Cunningham -- Oriental and Polynesian cemetery traditions in the Hawaiian Islands / Nanette Napoleon Purnell -- The literature of necroethnicity in America / Richard E. Meyer.".
- catalog title "Ethnicity and the American cemetery / edited by Richard E. Meyer.".
- catalog type "text".