Death in East Germany, 1945-1990 / / Felix Robin Schulz.
As the first historical study of East Germany‘s sepulchral culture, this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the steps taken towards a socialist c...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monographs in German History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Tables and Graphs
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Origins of Modern German Sepulchral Culture
- Chapter 2 After Death The Organization of Disposal
- Chapter 3 Resting Places? Cemeteries in the GDR
- Chapter 4 Burning Bodies Cremation in the GDR
- Chapter 5 The Communal Burial of Ashes ‘New’ Spaces for Disposal
- Chapter 6 Funerals in the GDR A Diversity of Rituals
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index