Decoration day in the mountains : traditions of cemetery decoration in the southern Appalachians /
Jabbour, Alan.
Decoration day in the mountains : traditions of cemetery decoration in the southern Appalachians / Alan Jabbour & Karen Singer Jabbour. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Photographs; A map of western North Carolina cemeteries pictured in this book; 1 Two Encounters with Decoration Day; 2 Decoration Day in Western North Carolina; 3 Cemetery Features in Western North Carolina; 4 Historical and Cultural Origins of the Region; 5 The North Shore: Removal and Revolution; 6 The Origin, Diffusion, and Range of Decoration Day; 7 The North Shore and Decoration Day in Sign, Symbol, and Art; 8 The Unsung Heroes of Decoration Day; 9 Concluding Thoughts; APPENDIX A. Project History.
Written by an internationally recognized folklorist and illustrated with more than 100 photos, this book is an in-depth exploration of a little-known cultural tradition that dates back to the Civil War and is still observed widely throughout the Upland South, from North Carolina to the Ozarks. Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the grounds. The Jabbours illuminate the meanings behind the rituals and reveal how the tradition fostered a grass.
9780807895696 (electronic bk.) 0807895695 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Mourning customs--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Cemeteries--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Decoration and ornament--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Deuil--Coutumes--Appalaches (Sud)
Cimetières--Appalaches (Sud)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Death & Dying.
Cemeteries.
Decoration and ornament.
Manners and customs.
Mourning customs.
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs.
Appalaches (Sud)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GT3390.5.U6 / J33 2010eb
393/.90975
Decoration day in the mountains : traditions of cemetery decoration in the southern Appalachians / Alan Jabbour & Karen Singer Jabbour. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Photographs; A map of western North Carolina cemeteries pictured in this book; 1 Two Encounters with Decoration Day; 2 Decoration Day in Western North Carolina; 3 Cemetery Features in Western North Carolina; 4 Historical and Cultural Origins of the Region; 5 The North Shore: Removal and Revolution; 6 The Origin, Diffusion, and Range of Decoration Day; 7 The North Shore and Decoration Day in Sign, Symbol, and Art; 8 The Unsung Heroes of Decoration Day; 9 Concluding Thoughts; APPENDIX A. Project History.
Written by an internationally recognized folklorist and illustrated with more than 100 photos, this book is an in-depth exploration of a little-known cultural tradition that dates back to the Civil War and is still observed widely throughout the Upland South, from North Carolina to the Ozarks. Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the grounds. The Jabbours illuminate the meanings behind the rituals and reveal how the tradition fostered a grass.
9780807895696 (electronic bk.) 0807895695 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Mourning customs--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Cemeteries--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Decoration and ornament--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Deuil--Coutumes--Appalaches (Sud)
Cimetières--Appalaches (Sud)
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Death & Dying.
Cemeteries.
Decoration and ornament.
Manners and customs.
Mourning customs.
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs.
Appalaches (Sud)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GT3390.5.U6 / J33 2010eb
393/.90975