Making Space for the Dead
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Making Space for the Dead
Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830
Legacey, Erin-Marie
Cornell University Press
04/2019
228
Dura
Inglês
9781501715594
15 a 20 dias
454
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Revolution of the Dead
1. The Problem of the Dead: In which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's preexisting burial crisis.
2. The Solution of the Dead: In which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror.
3. The City of the Dead: In which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
4. The Empire of the Dead: In which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly opened Paris Catacombs.
5. The Museum of the Dead: In which the artist and administrator Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the Museumof French Monuments.
Conclusion: The Historian of the Dead: In which the Romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Revolution of the Dead
1. The Problem of the Dead: In which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's preexisting burial crisis.
2. The Solution of the Dead: In which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror.
3. The City of the Dead: In which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
4. The Empire of the Dead: In which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly opened Paris Catacombs.
5. The Museum of the Dead: In which the artist and administrator Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the Museumof French Monuments.
Conclusion: The Historian of the Dead: In which the Romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Cemetery; Burial; French culture; France; Historical burial site; Catacombes de Paris; art history; Skull-lined walls; Pere Lachaise Cemetery; Underground ossuary; Death and culture; Bones and skeletons; Subterranean tunnels; Anatomy; Secret passages; Death; Catacombs tour; Bastille; Museum of French Monuments; Ghost stories; Paris underground exploration; paris landmarks; Death and religion; funeral rites; Labyrinthine network; Paris Catacombs; pasis tourism; Tourist attraction; Catacombs museum; Charles de Gaulle; Macabre decor; French Revolution; Quarries of Paris
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Revolution of the Dead
1. The Problem of the Dead: In which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's preexisting burial crisis.
2. The Solution of the Dead: In which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror.
3. The City of the Dead: In which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
4. The Empire of the Dead: In which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly opened Paris Catacombs.
5. The Museum of the Dead: In which the artist and administrator Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the Museumof French Monuments.
Conclusion: The Historian of the Dead: In which the Romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Revolution of the Dead
1. The Problem of the Dead: In which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's preexisting burial crisis.
2. The Solution of the Dead: In which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror.
3. The City of the Dead: In which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
4. The Empire of the Dead: In which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly opened Paris Catacombs.
5. The Museum of the Dead: In which the artist and administrator Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the Museumof French Monuments.
Conclusion: The Historian of the Dead: In which the Romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Cemetery; Burial; French culture; France; Historical burial site; Catacombes de Paris; art history; Skull-lined walls; Pere Lachaise Cemetery; Underground ossuary; Death and culture; Bones and skeletons; Subterranean tunnels; Anatomy; Secret passages; Death; Catacombs tour; Bastille; Museum of French Monuments; Ghost stories; Paris underground exploration; paris landmarks; Death and religion; funeral rites; Labyrinthine network; Paris Catacombs; pasis tourism; Tourist attraction; Catacombs museum; Charles de Gaulle; Macabre decor; French Revolution; Quarries of Paris
