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Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
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Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
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With high mortality rates, it has been assumed that the poor in
Victorian and Edwardian Britain did not mourn their dead.
Contesting this approach, Julie-Marie Strange studies the
expression of grief among the working class, demonstrating that
poverty increased - rather than deadened - it. She illustrates the
mourning practices of the working classes through chapters
addressing care of the corpse, the funeral, the cemetery,
commemoration, and high infant mortality rates. The book draws on a
broad range of sources to analyse the feelings and behaviours of
the labouring poor, using not only personal testimony but also
fiction, journalism, and official reports. It concludes that poor
people did not only use spoken or written words to express their
grief, but also complex symbols, actions and, significantly,
silence. This book will be an invaluable contribution to an
important and neglected area of social and cultural history.
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