Rites of passage : death and mourning in Victorian Britain /

by Flanders, Judith.

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BookPublisher: London : Picador, 2024Description: 352 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781509816972 (hbk.) :; 1509816976 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 393.0941 FLASubject(s): Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Family and Relationships | Family and Relationships | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 | Sociology & anthropology | Cultural studies: customs & traditions | Sociology: death & dyingSummary: In 'Rites of Passage', acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating and occasionally - to modern eyes - bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain. Through stories from the sickbed to the deathbed, from the correct way to grieve and to give comfort to those grieving to funerals and burials and the reaction of those left behind, Flanders illuminates how living in nineteenth-century Britain was, in so many ways, dictated by dying.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - Adult Hardback	Crosby Library	Adult Non-Fiction	393.0941 FLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003119980X
Book - Adult Hardback	Southport Library	Adult Non-Fiction	393.0941 FLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003120296X

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In 'Rites of Passage', acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating and occasionally - to modern eyes - bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain. Through stories from the sickbed to the deathbed, from the correct way to grieve and to give comfort to those grieving to funerals and burials and the reaction of those left behind, Flanders illuminates how living in nineteenth-century Britain was, in so many ways, dictated by dying.

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