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Penny Colman Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts : a History of Burial
- Publication Name
- Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts
- Title
- Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts
- Subtitle
- A History of Burial
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 125006290X
- EAN
- 9781250062901
- ISBN
- 9781250062901
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Release Date
- 25/08/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 7.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Topic
- Social Topics / Death & Dying
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines the compelling subjects of death and burial across cultures and societies. The text, enriched with stories both humorous and poignant, includes details about the decomposition and embalming processes (an adult corpse buried six feet deep without a coffin will usually take five to ten years to turn into a skeleton) and describes thevarious customs associated with containing remains (the Igala people in Nigeria have a custom of burying people in as many as twenty-seven layers of clothing). Intriguing facts are revealed at every turn; for example, in Madagascar winter was considered the corpse-turning season. This comprehensive book also includes a list of burial sites of famous people, images in the arts associated with death, fascinating epitaphs and gravestone carvings, a chronology and a glossary, and over a hundred black-and-white photographs, most of which were taken by the author. Penny Colman writes with compassion and intelligence and humanizes the difficult subjects of death and burial. The result is a powerful look at an inevitable part of life-death.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Square Fish
ISBN-10
125006290x
ISBN-13
9781250062901
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038676871
Product Key Features
Book Title
Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts : a History of Burial
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Social Topics / Death & Dying
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Grade from
Sixth Grade
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Ninth Grade
Reviews
* Death, the last stage of the human condition, has been underreported and mostly avoided in writing for young people. Colman takes on the task with just the right mix of unblinking realism and sensitivity to varieties of beliefs and practices., In death, as in life, it is the personal and particular that is most poignant. In this remarkable presentation of a fascinating subject, Colman uses her own experiences of death, and the ceremonies, rituals and emotions surrounding it, to lead the reader into an exploration of the place that disposal of human remains has occupied both historically and in our time. Colman does not shy away from grisly detail, but presents it to readers young and old, with sensitivity and a solid contextual grounding., * This solid, sensitive book answers a wealth of questions young people have but often are too reluctant to ask., The Author Has a Compassionate Eye, and She Manages to Endow Her Topic with both Humanity and Humor., "Understanding death doesn't necessarily take away our anxieties or fears about our own death, or our sadness about other people's deaths, but it does help us find ways to continue on with our lives." -- Penny Colman "* A daring and satisfying approach to a difficult subject." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "* Death, the last stage of the human condition, has been underreported and mostly avoided in writing for young people. Colman takes on the task with just the right mix of unblinking realism and sensitivity to varieties of beliefs and practices." -- School Library Journal, starred review "* This solid, sensitive book answers a wealth of questions young people have but often are too reluctant to ask." -- Booklist, starred review "The author has a compassionate eye, and she manages to endow her topic with both humanity and humor." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "In death, as in life, it is the personal and particular that is most poignant. In this remarkable presentation of a fascinating subject, Colman uses her own experiences of death, and the ceremonies, rituals and emotions surrounding it, to lead the reader into an exploration of the place that disposal of human remains has occupied both historically and in our time. Colman does not shy away from grisly detail, but presents it to readers young and old, with sensitivity and a solid contextual grounding." -- Children's Literature, * "Death, the last stage of the human condition, has been underreported and mostly avoided in writing for young people. Colman takes on the task with just the right mix of unblinking realism and sensitivity to varieties of beliefs and practices.", * "This solid, sensitive book answers a wealth of questions young people have but often are too reluctant to ask.", Understanding death doesn't necessarily take away our anxieties or fears about our own death, or our sadness about other people's deaths, but it does help us find ways to continue on with our lives., Best of the Best for the 21st Century, American Library Association An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults 1999 A NYPL Book for the Teen Age "Understanding death doesn't necessarily take away our anxieties or fears about our own death, or our sadness about other people's deaths, but it does help us find ways to continue on with our lives." -Penny Colman * "A daring and satisfying approach to a difficult subject." - Publishers Weekly , starred review * "Death, the last stage of the human condition, has been underreported and mostly avoided in writing for young people. Colman takes on the task with just the right mix of unblinking realism and sensitivity to varieties of beliefs and practices." - School Library Journal, starred review * "This solid, sensitive book answers a wealth of questions young people have but often are too reluctant to ask." - Booklist , starred review "The author has a compassionate eye, and she manages to endow her topic with both humanity and humor." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "In death, as in life, it is the personal and particular that is most poignant. In this remarkable presentation of a fascinating subject, Colman uses her own experiences of death, and the ceremonies, rituals and emotions surrounding it, to lead the reader into an exploration of the place that disposal of human remains has occupied both historically and in our time. Colman does not shy away from grisly detail, but presents it to readers young and old, with sensitivity and a solid contextual grounding." - Children's Literature
Copyright Date
2015
Dewey Decimal
393/.09
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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