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In the Civil War South, death was omnipresent ... A handful of straw scattered upon the top, and mother earth covered the mortal remains of [twenty-two-year-old] Chester G.
The beautiful Palisades home my mother cared for most of her life had always been untouchable in my mind's eye. Mami came to Los Angeles in 1982 as a refugee of the Salvadoran civil war ...
Spectacle of Grief offers a unique and absolutely fascinating look at the rituals or mourning and memory in era of the Civil War and their role in shaping American society. This reviewer highly ...