Communist Funeral Reform in Central Europe (1948–1989)
From Religious to Civil Funerals in Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olga Nešporová (0000-0001-6506-9533, Department of Critical Heritage Studies, Institute of Ethnology CAS, Prague, Czech Republic, corresponding author), Heléna Tóth (0000-0003-4813-9311, History Department, Otto-Friedrich-University, Bamberg, Germany) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 485-503 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228211021741 |
| PMID | 34096374 |
| OpenAlex | W3168388178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
The authors examine funeral reform in the second half of the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe via the historical comparative analysis approach. Examining the case studies of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the article argues that although the newly-developed civil (socialist) funeral ceremonies in the two countries followed a similar pattern, in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, civil funerals followed by cremation became the norm during the forty years of communist rule, whereas in Hungary they did not become the popularly accepted approach, in a similar way to the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, where Roman Catholic funerals and inhumation remained dominant. The significant difference in the results of efforts toward reform was due principally to differing cultural histories, attitudes toward both religion and cremation and the availability of the infrastructure required for conducting civil funerals
Ancient history · Communism · Communist state · Czech · Economic history · Political science · Politics · Slovak · Socialist republic · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical and Political Studies · History · Law · Legal and cultural studies analysis
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |