Choices for the living, honour for the dead : a century of funeral and memorial practices in Lethbridge
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Date
1998
Authors
Lenfesty, Corrine B.
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1998
Abstract
This thesis explores the customs and traditions surrounding death and memorialization in the history of Lethbridge, paying particular attention to the public "face" of the practices as observed in newspaper death notices, obituaries, in-memoriams, undertaker advertisements, gravestones and cemeteries. It places Lethbridge
rituals within the context of the general paterns of western culture, and others, as described by anthropology, history, archaeology, and art history. Its intent is to understand the effects of certain external influences on the realms of personal choice and individuality, and to observe the extent to which these influences have had an impact on what was once deeply personal family matter.
Description
viii, 197 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Alberta -- Lethbridge , Cemeteries -- Alberta -- Lethbridge -- History , Burial -- Alberta -- Lethbridge , Lethbridge (Alta.) -- History , Dissertations, Academic