In the tradition of Mary Roach’s bestselling Stiff and Jessica Mitford’s classic exposé The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched, refre

This book provides a pictorial review of the customs dealing with the final disposition of loved ones. A remarkable array of collectible items includes embalmin

Examining the compelling and often poignant connection between women and the material culture of death, this collection focuses on the objects women make, the i

Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents of the Arkansas Ozarks—and, for th

Nineteenth-century Victorian-era mourning rituals--long and elaborate public funerals, the wearing of lavishly somber mourning clothes, and families posing for