Leading the World: the role of Britain and the First World War in promoting the "Modern Cremation" Movement.(SECTION I SOCIAL CHANGE IN EMOTION AND ... An article from: Journal of Social History
Book Details
Author(s)Lisa Kazmier
PublisherJournal of Social History
ISBN / ASINB0027BSXCC
ISBN-13978B0027BSXC9
AvailabilityAvailable for download now
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This digital document is an article from Journal of Social History, published by Journal of Social History on March 22, 2009. The length of the article is 12397 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the author: By 1970, Britain was considered a world leader for its practice of cremation, which had by then surpassed the custom of burial. Yet even before, Britain's leadership in an international cremation movement seemed natural. Britain's prominence possessed a basis in politics and in memorialization practices long before it held a statistical basis. This study explores the acceptance of cremation and how the First World War and an Anglo-centric narrative played vital roles in this outcome. When Victorian cremationists first proposed "modern cremation," the term involved improving a ritual found in Britain's Empire. Progress represented an important task to those who confidently presumed the validity of the imperial "civilizing mission." While that attitude gave cremationists determination, it did not speak to a world ravaged by war. Therefore, what "modern cremation" entailed had to change, particularly after 1945, when an international movement needed to rehabilitate its reputation. The International Cremation Federation, having begun to rely on Britain's Cremation Society before the war, leaned on it heavily afterward, along with a revitalized "modern cremation" largely developed in Britain after 1918. Death was not necessarily denied but its symbolism demonstrably shifted away from the grim emblems associated with burial and reminiscent of a destructive war.
Citation Details
Title: Leading the World: the role of Britain and the First World War in promoting the "Modern Cremation" Movement.(SECTION I SOCIAL CHANGE IN EMOTION AND RITUAL)(Report)
Author: Lisa Kazmier
Publication:Journal of Social History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2009
Publisher: Journal of Social History
Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Page: 557(24)
Article Type: Report
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
From the author: By 1970, Britain was considered a world leader for its practice of cremation, which had by then surpassed the custom of burial. Yet even before, Britain's leadership in an international cremation movement seemed natural. Britain's prominence possessed a basis in politics and in memorialization practices long before it held a statistical basis. This study explores the acceptance of cremation and how the First World War and an Anglo-centric narrative played vital roles in this outcome. When Victorian cremationists first proposed "modern cremation," the term involved improving a ritual found in Britain's Empire. Progress represented an important task to those who confidently presumed the validity of the imperial "civilizing mission." While that attitude gave cremationists determination, it did not speak to a world ravaged by war. Therefore, what "modern cremation" entailed had to change, particularly after 1945, when an international movement needed to rehabilitate its reputation. The International Cremation Federation, having begun to rely on Britain's Cremation Society before the war, leaned on it heavily afterward, along with a revitalized "modern cremation" largely developed in Britain after 1918. Death was not necessarily denied but its symbolism demonstrably shifted away from the grim emblems associated with burial and reminiscent of a destructive war.
Citation Details
Title: Leading the World: the role of Britain and the First World War in promoting the "Modern Cremation" Movement.(SECTION I SOCIAL CHANGE IN EMOTION AND RITUAL)(Report)
Author: Lisa Kazmier
Publication:Journal of Social History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2009
Publisher: Journal of Social History
Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Page: 557(24)
Article Type: Report
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
