The cemetery is a feature of the human landscape. It has been
described as a memorial to the living as well as to the dead because
it reflects the various sustaining mechanisms of the society which
creates it. Wealth, prestige, kinship, ethnic and religious barriers
are all represented to a degree in the cemetery. This study focuses on
the rural cemetery landscape of southern British Columbia in the social
and economic context of the 19th century.
The cemetery is first described in subjective terms as a series
of vignettes. The aesthetic qualities of the cemetery are stressed
and the emotions they evoke are considered. A more rigorous examina
tion of the rural graveyard landscape in southern British Columbia
follows Chapter 1, where the results of field work are presented. The
scene is set for an interpretation of that landscape in Chapter 3,
including a discussion of English and American antecedents in cemetery
planning and ‘death’s celebration’ in the 19th century. Chapter 4
considers the rural cemetery landscape of southern British Columbia
as a reflection of 19th century society in that province. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/20141 |
| Date | January 1976 |
| Creators | Philpot, Mary Elizabeth |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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