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Death Lore

Name: Death Lore
Brand: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
SKU: 9781574412567
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESSISBN: 9781574412567

Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter

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Edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
Release Date: April 30, 2009
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
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Pages: 288

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Death provides us with some of our very best folklore. Some fear it, some embrace it, and most have pretty firm ideas about what happens when we die. Although some people may not want to discuss dying, it happens to all of us - and there's no way to get around it.This publication of the Texas Folklore Society examines the lore of death and whatever happens afterward. The first chapter examines places where people are buried, either permanently or temporarily. Chapter two features articles about how people die and the rituals associated with funerals and burials. The third chapter explores some of the stranger stories about what happens after we're gone, and the last chapter offers some philosophical musings about death in general, as well as our connection to those who have gone before.The Texas Folklore Society has been collecting and preserving folklore since its first publication in 1912. Since then, it has published or assisted in the publication of nearly one hundred books on Texas folklore.

KENNETH L. UNTIEDT is the Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society and teaches English at Stephen F. Austin State University. He earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Texas Tech University. He and his wife Tierney have four children and live in Nacogdoches, Texas.

"The variety of articles ensures that readers will find both anecdotal and analytical aspects of death tradition to further explore. Untiedt's organizing principle of death as a uniquely fascinating meeting point between the taboo and the familiar seems crucially important to the continued study of death lore."--Journal of American Folklore "The selections offer jumping off points for further contemplation and discussion, which makes this text useful for engaging students in thinking about death and folklore, and the variety of topics ensures that no one topic feels overwrought. . . . Overall, the contributions are engagingly written, many with warmth and humor that make them highly accessible to a variety of readers."--Western Folklore

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