The American Wake of Ireland
Symbolic Death Ritual
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eileen K Metress (University of Toledo, corresponding author), Eileen Metress (The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-153 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.2190/ljfh-2g3j-2vcw-adxv |
| OpenAlex | W1985970514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Knowledge of a group's death customs can provide insight into their social system. The wake and funeral of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ireland have been said to provide the most dramatic revelation of community life during those times. In the early days of Irish emigration when the journey to North America was considered to be a final separation, Irish society developed an institution known as the American wake. Among other things, it provided a mechanism for ventilating the grief associated with this special type of bereavement. This article examines the similarities between the American wake and a wake for the dead and is concerned with how the emigrant wake reflected the Irish view of life and death
Archaeology · Emigration · Grief · Institution · Irish · Social science · Sociology · Wake · Engineering · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Irish and British Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |