Specialists of the unspeakable: persons engaged in the laying out of corpses in Ireland and Austria
Abstract
Specific aspects related to the traditional preparation of corpses for wakes and funerals are analysed. The two areas chosen for this comparative study were Ireland (years of 1938 and of 1978) and Austria (period between 1929 and 1935). All the actions involved in this preparation are considered both in terms of religious belief and practical functionalism. A third dimension can be added when aspects related to the psychology of grief are included.
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