| Description |
1 online resource (185 p.) |
| Series |
Funerary International Ser |
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Funerary International Ser
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| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAP OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History -- 2.1 The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- 2.2 The Cremation Movement -- 2.3 The First and Second World Wars -- 2.4 The Communist Period in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989) -- 2.5 Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 -- 3. Demographic and Legal Frameworks -- 3.1 The Demography of Mortality -- 3.2 Czech Legislation Concerning Death -- 3.3 Principal Legislation Concerning Funeral Directing -- 4. Crematoria and Cremation -- 4.1 Development since the 1950s -- 4.2 Cremation Rates since the 1950s -- 4.3 The Functioning of Crematoria -- 4.4 The Disposal of the Ashes -- 5. The Funeral and the Funeral Ceremony -- 5.1 Types of Funeral -- 5.2 The Typical Funeral: Secular Funeral with a Civil Ceremony -- 5.3 The Religious Funeral -- 5.4 Cremation without a Funeral Ceremony -- 5.5 DIY Funerals -- 6. Funeral Costs -- 6.1 The Costs of Funeral Services -- 6.2 Cemetery Costs -- 7. Burial Sites -- 7.1 Burial Sites in History -- 7.2 Statistics on Contemporary Burial Sites -- 7.3 War Graves and Memorials -- 7.4 Burial Sites -- 7.5 Natural Burial --8. Commemoration --8.1 The Visiting of Cemeteries --8.2 Roadside Memorials --8.3 Virtual Commemoration --Bibliography --Index |
| Summary |
Exploring the traditions, customs and contemporary legal framework of Czech funerary practices, this book analyses and interprets the high cremation rate, predominance of secular funerals and increasing popularity of cremation with no funeral ceremony against the background of the country's historical development |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects -- History -- Czech Republic
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History -- Czech Republic
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Czech Republic
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Death -- Social aspects.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies.
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Czech Republic.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781789731095 |
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1789731097 |
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