Death and Dying in Central Appalachia: Changing Attitudes and PracticesUniversity of Illinois Press, 1994 - 247 pages In Death and Dying in Central Appalachia, James Crissman explores cultural traits related to death and dying in the Appalachian sections of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, showing how they have changed since the 1600's. Relying on archival materials, almost forty photographs, and interviews with more than 400 mountain dwellers, Crissman focuses on the importance of familism and 'neighborliness' in mountain society. |
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... coffins and kept them ready for those expected to die . While shopping in an antique store in Sevier County , Tennessee , in 1990 , I found a well - construct- ed walnut mummy coffin over one hundred years old that had been specially ...
... coffins and kept them ready for those expected to die . While shopping in an antique store in Sevier County , Tennessee , in 1990 , I found a well - construct- ed walnut mummy coffin over one hundred years old that had been specially ...
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... coffin . But on this day the friends of the deceased came to an impasse . They could find no one to make the coffin . One craftsman was sick abed , another had no suitable material , another was off on a deer hunt and so it was with all ...
... coffin . But on this day the friends of the deceased came to an impasse . They could find no one to make the coffin . One craftsman was sick abed , another had no suitable material , another was off on a deer hunt and so it was with all ...
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... coffin : “ Thus , looking at the three bodies Randall McCoy would get a mental picture that time would never erase .... The coffin of the three boys , although simi- lar to other coffins in two of its dimensions , was three times as ...
... coffin : “ Thus , looking at the three bodies Randall McCoy would get a mental picture that time would never erase .... The coffin of the three boys , although simi- lar to other coffins in two of its dimensions , was three times as ...
Contents
Familism Neighborliness and the Death Watch | 9 |
Preparation of the Body | 22 |
Burial Receptacles and Grave Digging | 42 |
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