Without and Within: Victorian Mourning and Treatment of the DeadMain MenuFleeing Death: Victorian Paranoia Concerning Public HealthFirst SectionDying Well and Loved: At the Moment of Death and MourningSecond SectionWearing and Burying Death: Fashion, Mourning, and Public Displays of DeathThird SectionUp and Down the Stair with Burke and Hare: Body-SnatchingFourth SectionWeird Science: Anatomical Use of the DeadFifth SectionWorks Cited/Full-Texts/Further ReadingsKyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-11-27T10:40:55-05:00Grave Protections and Vaults6plain2016-12-13T13:13:37-05:00 Building off our last entry, here is a slideshow collection of mortsafes protecting the gravesites of the dead. Here I want to focus on not only the utility of such safes, but also the public display they seem to represent. Families that could afford to publicly mourn their loved ones also have the funds to ensure that their rest is undisturbed--yet this is less, I argue, for the interred and more for the performance surrounding the grave. All images are housed on Wiki Commons. To access the slideshow, click the green projector screen in the upper righthand corner of the embedded page.