Mortal Remains Death in Early America Edited by Nancy Isenberg and
Andrew Burstein "An important book that introduces new methods of
analyzing death in early American history. . . . The book
illustrates the profound ways that experiences with death and the
imagery associated with death influenced not only religion but also
other issues--national politics, gender politics, and race
relations--that are easy to relate to our contemporary concerns.
Isenberg's and Burnstein's work makes a significant contribution to
the discussion of death and dying in American history and its value
for interdisciplinary study."--"Journal of the American Academy of
Religion" "These 12 short, highly focused essays analyze how
experiences with death and the imagery associated with it
influenced US culture before 1860. . . . Recommended."--"Choice"
""Mortal Remains" has set an impressive standard for scholarship on
death in early America."--"Journal of American History" ""Mortal
Remains," a collection of twelve essays on death in
English-speaking America from the late 1600s to the middle decades
of the 1800s, offers a sampling of current cultural historical
scholarship and concerns."--"Pennsylvania Magazine of History and
Biography" "Mortal Remains" introduces new methods of analyzing
death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to
1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural
expression, from religion and politics to race relations and the
nature of war. In this volume historians and literary scholars join
forces to explore how, in a medically primitive and politically
evolving environment, mortality became an issue that was
inseparable from national self-definition. Attempting to make sense
of their suffering and loss while imagining a future of cultural
permanence and spiritual value, early Americans crafted metaphors
of death in particular ways that have shaped the national
mythology. As the authors show, the American fascination with
murder, dismembered bodies, and scenes of death, the allure of
angel sightings, the rural cemetery movement, and the enshrinement
of George Washington as a saintly father, constituted a distinct
sensibility. Moreover, by exploring the idea of the vanishing
Indian and the brutality of slavery, the authors demonstrate how a
culture of violence and death had an early effect on the American
collective consciousness. "Mortal Remains" draws on a range of
primary sources--from personal diaries and public addresses, satire
and accounts of sensational crime--and makes a needed contribution
to neglected aspects of cultural history. It illustrates the
profound ways in which experiences with death and the imagery
associated with it became enmeshed in American society, politics,
and culture. Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein are coholders of
the Mary Frances Barnard Chair in Nineteenth-Century American
History at the University of Tulsa. Isenberg is the author of "Sex
and Citizenship in Antebellum America," winner of the 1999 SHEAR
book prize. Burstein is the author of several books, including
"America's Jubilee." 2002 264 pages 6 x 9 20 illus. ISBN
978-0-8122-3678-1 Cloth $55.00s 36.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-1823-7 Paper
$24.95s 16.50 World Rights American History, Cultural Studies Short
copy: "These 12 short, highly focused essays analyze how
experiences with death and the imagery associated with it
influenced US culture before 1860."--"Choice"
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