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
Paint it Black
12016-11-27T10:19:38+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4587First Subsection of Wearing and Buryingplain19542016-12-12T10:29:35+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-12T10:10:39+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Marche Funèbre3Frederic Chopin's March popularly played at funerals (even at his own). I've included Chopin's popular funeral march not just because of its iconic status within our own cultural moment, but because we can see the influence of popular entertainment, like musical compositions, being employed by mourners. I argue that the repurposing of Chopin's funeral march signals another moment where the cultural norms surrounding death are taken to display fashionable cultural materials.plain2016-12-13T11:10:49+00:00I've included Chopin's popular funeral march not just because of its iconic status within our own cultural moment, but because we can see the influence of popular entertainment, like musical compositions, being employed by mourners. I argue that the repurposing of Chopin's funeral march signals another moment where the cultural norms surrounding death are taken to display fashionable cultural materials.Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4