Burials and Archaeology
A Survey of Attitudes to Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8930724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Celoria (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 161-183 |
| Publication date | 1966-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1966.9717048 |
| OpenAlex | W2057570646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
THE discovery in London at the end of 1964 of the remains of Anne Mowbray, the young Duchess of York, who died in 1481, produced not only a surge of curiosity but also strong criticism of those who moved and studied the remains. Both curiosity as well as dislike of disturbing the dead have roots deep in human minds and traditions. They are subject-matter, surely, for the psychologist and the folklorist. Is curiosity about dead bodies simply a reaction to the tendency to push the dead out of sight, to cover up a dead person, to hush up unpleasant aspects of preparing the body for burial? Even the relative infrequency of our seeing dead bodies would not lead logically to a desire to view dead bodies. Perhaps a few examples of curiosity about the dead may be offered to show some attitudes in the British Isles. These will then be contrasted with contempoary taboos relating to the dead, and fears of disturbing corpses. CURIOSITY ABOUT THE DEAD
Archaeology · Art · Criticism · Curiosity · Dead body · Dead end · Dead sea · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Subject (documents · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |