The Sea Their Graves (eBook)

An Archaeology of Death and Remembrance in Maritime Culture

David J. Stewart (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
278 Seiten
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6396-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Like other groups with dangerous occupations, mariners have developed a close-knit culture bound by loss and memory. Death regularly disrupts the fabric of this culture and necessitates actions designed to mend its social structure. From the ritual of burying a body at sea to the creation of memorials to honor the missing, these events tell us a great deal about how sailors see their world.

Based on a study of more than 2,100 gravestones and monuments in North America and the United Kingdom erected between the seventeenth and late twentieth centuries, David Stewart expands the use of nautical archaeology into terrestrial environments. He focuses on those who make their living at sea--one of the world's oldest and most dangerous occupations--to examine their distinct folkloric traditions, beliefs, and customs regarding death, loss, and remembrance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: burial • creation of memorials • Death • Great Britain • HMS Ariadne • honor the missing • Horatio Nelson and John Paul Jones • Maritime anthropology • Maritime History • memorialization of naval heroes • Mrs. Charles Webbe of Cornwall • nautical archaeology • Religious History • rememberance • Royal Navy • Sailors • Seafaring life • Sepulchral monuments • Social aspects • social life and customs • sociology, psychology, semiotics • United States • Winston Churchill
• ISBN-10: 0-8130-6396-5 / 0813063965
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-6396-6 / 9780813063966