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ERIC Number: EJ379628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Portraying the Dead.
Ruby, Jay
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, v19 n1 p1-21 1988-89
Explores custom of post-mortem photography. Describes practice of post-mortem photography in 19th century America and traces changes in post-mortem photography in the 20th century. Discusses value of photographs in mourning process and suggests more thorough examination of the place of death-related photographs in grief management. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Coping, Death, Family (Sociological Unit), Grief, Photographs, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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