東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

A modern landscape: The British way ...

Kazmier, Lisa Ann.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

A modern landscape: The British way of death in the age of cremation.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A modern landscape: The British way of death in the age of cremation./
Author:	Kazmier, Lisa Ann.
Description:	292 p.
Notes:	Directors: John R. Gillis; Bonnie G. Smith.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-01A.
Subject:	History, European. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3160309
ISBN:	9780496936953

A modern landscape: The British way of death in the age of cremation.
Kazmier, Lisa Ann.

A modern landscape: The British way of death in the age of cremation. - 292 p.

Directors: John R. Gillis; Bonnie G. Smith.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 2005.

Since 1874, furnace cremation, rather than burial, has accounted for the disposal of over seven out of ten corpses in Britain. One could call this a quiet revolution, obliterating previous associations of burning with heresy and the stake. From this negative image, cremation became so culturally entrenched over a relatively short time that it did not attract criticism during the recent investigations of serial killer Harold Shipman. The blame for his undetected crimes went elsewhere, mostly owing to poor regulatory procedures. How, did this happen? This study accounts for a shift that almost seamlessly incorporated cremation into British life. This development is not a triumph of technology per se, nor does cremation's establishment represent a denial of death and grief. Central to this transformation was first the proliferation of abstract forms of memorialization. In the aftermath of the First World War, the practices of naming the dead on a wall, within a Book of Remembrance, or on another conveniently placed insignia of "modern memory" all became popular. Second, the popularization of the rural myth of the origins of English values gave cremation a native, positive association. Third, the Cremation Society of Great Britain garnered the respect of government officials and the funeral industry; it replaced prejudice with collaboration.

ISBN: 9780496936953Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018076
History, European.

A modern landscape: The British way of death in the age of cremation.
LDR:03302nam 2200301 a 45 001 941885
005 20110519
008 110519s2005 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9780496936953
035 $a (UMI)AAI3160309
035 $a AAI3160309
040 $a UMI $c UMI
100 1 $a Kazmier, Lisa Ann. $3 1265983
245 1 2 $a A modern landscape: The British way of death in the age of cremation.
300 $a 292 p.
500 $a Directors: John R. Gillis; Bonnie G. Smith.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-01, Section: A, page: 0306.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 2005.
520 $a Since 1874, furnace cremation, rather than burial, has accounted for the disposal of over seven out of ten corpses in Britain. One could call this a quiet revolution, obliterating previous associations of burning with heresy and the stake. From this negative image, cremation became so culturally entrenched over a relatively short time that it did not attract criticism during the recent investigations of serial killer Harold Shipman. The blame for his undetected crimes went elsewhere, mostly owing to poor regulatory procedures. How, did this happen? This study accounts for a shift that almost seamlessly incorporated cremation into British life. This development is not a triumph of technology per se, nor does cremation's establishment represent a denial of death and grief. Central to this transformation was first the proliferation of abstract forms of memorialization. In the aftermath of the First World War, the practices of naming the dead on a wall, within a Book of Remembrance, or on another conveniently placed insignia of "modern memory" all became popular. Second, the popularization of the rural myth of the origins of English values gave cremation a native, positive association. Third, the Cremation Society of Great Britain garnered the respect of government officials and the funeral industry; it replaced prejudice with collaboration.
520 $a The idea of cremation originated in a nineteenth-century admiration for Greek culture combined with a sensitivity for landscaped, open spaces. From these influences, cremation gained a vital history while its scientific or "improved" nature kept it from being solely linked to colonial India. Yet only though nostalgic aesthetics, like those surrounding the death of a Shakespearean actress, did cremation ultimately appeal to a wide population. This trend has not been not merely English or urban. Several English-influenced territories accepted cremation as if it followed political affiliation. Britain's Cremation Society also took a central role in promoting it in Europe, if not the world, through the International Cremation Federation. It remains to be seen whether cremation will become a final export from the Britain Empire or if British law will conform to domestic cultural attitudes that have blurred distinctions between burial and cremation.
590 $a School code: 0190.
650 4 $a History, European. $3 1018076
650 4 $a History, Modern. $3 516334
690 $a 0335
690 $a 0582
710 2 $a Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick. $3 1017590
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 66-01A.
790 $a 0190
790 1 0 $a Gillis, John R., $e advisor
790 1 0 $a Smith, Bonnie G., $e advisor
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2005
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3160309