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• catalog abstract ""Death in Black and White takes a behind-the-scenes look at contemporary funeral practices to discover what similarities and differences exist between African American and European American cultures' experience of dealing with death. The author charts the divergent origins of such rituals of mourning from pre-colonial Africa and Europe to the time in which these cultural traditions came into contact during the period of American slavery, and the degree of fusion and variation that persists up to the present day." "Based on a foundation of cultural theory and scholarship, the author explores a variety of issues related to race, culture and death ritual practices by immersing himself in the rich narratives and sources of information gleaned from his in-depth interviews with funeral directors, corporate funeral home representatives, clergy and individuals who have recently lost a loved one. Additionally, he has observed numerous funeral and burial services and cemetery landscapes, and has examined federal and state public policies surrounding burial and disposal, as well as other forms of death-related discourse. Ultimately, the book describes how death rituals both manifest and reinforce different cultural identities, and suggests that perhaps, it is through the experience of death that we might find the most enduring possibilities for promoting greater cultural understanding by maintaining rather than eliminating such differences."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13012169.
• catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""Death in Black and White takes a behind-the-scenes look at contemporary funeral practices to discover what similarities and differences exist between African American and European American cultures' experience of dealing with death. The author charts the divergent origins of such rituals of mourning from pre-colonial Africa and Europe to the time in which these cultural traditions came into contact during the period of American slavery, and the degree of fusion and variation that persists up to the present day." "Based on a foundation of cultural theory and scholarship, the author explores a variety of issues related to race, culture and death ritual practices by immersing himself in the rich narratives and sources of information gleaned from his in-depth interviews with funeral directors, corporate funeral home representatives, clergy and individuals who have recently lost a loved one. Additionally, he has observed numerous funeral and burial services and cemetery landscapes, and has examined federal and state public policies surrounding burial and disposal, as well as other forms of death-related discourse. Ultimately, the book describes how death rituals both manifest and reinforce different cultural identities, and suggests that perhaps, it is through the experience of death that we might find the most enduring possibilities for promoting greater cultural understanding by maintaining rather than eliminating such differences."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Foreword / Robin D.G. Kelley -- Introduction: Death and Comparative Cultures -- 1. Ways of Death -- 2. A Tale of Two Funerals -- 3. A Death in the Family -- 4. Myth, Magic and Emotion -- 5. Black Funerals and the Big Screen: Death, Myth, and Media -- 6. Culture Fusion and the Community of Death -- 7. Time, Space, and Dissociation: Death and Dying in the New City of the Dead.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and indexes.".
• catalog extent "xii, 190 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Death in black and white.".
• catalog identifier "1572735244".
• catalog identifier "1572735252".
• catalog isFormatOf "Death in black and white.".
• catalog isPartOf "Critical bodies".
• catalog isPartOf "Hampton Press communication series. Critical bodies.".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press,".
• catalog relation "Death in black and white.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "393/.0973 22".
• catalog subject "African Americans Funeral customs and rites.".
• catalog subject "European Americans Funeral customs and rites.".
• catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies United States.".
• catalog subject "GT3203.A2 M35 2003".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Robin D.G. Kelley -- Introduction: Death and Comparative Cultures -- 1. Ways of Death -- 2. A Tale of Two Funerals -- 3. A Death in the Family -- 4. Myth, Magic and Emotion -- 5. Black Funerals and the Big Screen: Death, Myth, and Media -- 6. Culture Fusion and the Community of Death -- 7. Time, Space, and Dissociation: Death and Dying in the New City of the Dead.".
• catalog title "Death in Black and white : death, ritual, and family ecology / Charlton McIlwain.".
• catalog type "text".