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
Post-Mortem Photos
12016-11-27T10:12:31-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4585plain2016-12-13T17:08:24-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Dying Well and Loved: At the Moment of Death and MourningSecond SectionFollow the link to open and view post-mortem pictures from The Burns Archive. These post-mortem portraits toe the line between the objectification of the dead and their influence and subjectivity within the realm of the living. Here the photographer would position, pose, and colorize the dead to give them a living hue. Though these objects of devotion were for the surviving families, the dead is not allowed to be forgotten, nor even viewed overtly as a corpse. Rather, they are positioned in manners that reflect their lives. I include these here to complicate the relationship of the dead and the mourning survivors.
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12016-11-27T10:08:43-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Good and Proper DeathKyle Brett3First Subsection of Dying Wellplain19532016-11-27T14:39:59-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4