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Ben-Amos, Avner.

Funerals, politics, and memory in modern France, 1789-1996 [electronic resource] / Avner Ben-Amos. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (ix, 425 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This study of the state funerals that were celebrated in France between the revolution and the death of Mitterand investigates the funerals of a number of prominent figures which became major public events.

ISBN: 9780191675836 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Funeral rites and ceremonies--France.
Celebrities--Death.--France
Death--Symbolic aspects--France.
Political culture--France.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History--1789-

LC Class. No.: DC33.5

Dewey Class. No.: 393.9