Tag: mourning

S6, E3 “Sensory Interactions in Finnish Death Customs”

FHSU History M.A. student Starla Rajavouri discusses Finnish death customs with Hollie Marquess. Starla focuses on the sensorial aspects of preparing the body of the deceased, burial practices, rites and customs to prevent returning spirits, and the lament traditions. 

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. While you’re there, give us a review. Let us know what you like and share widely!

Selected Bibliography:

Koski, Kaarina. “Conceptual Analysis and Variation in Belief Tradition: A Case of Death-Related Beings.” Electronic Journal of Folklore 38 (2008): 45-66.

Lönnrot, Elias. Suomen kansan muinaisia loitsurunoja. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran, 1880; reprint, Project Gutenberg, 2015. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48751.

Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot (SKVR). Finnish Literature Society. Available online: http://skvr.fi.

Tolbert, Elizabeth. “Women Cry with Words: Symbolization of Affect in the Karelian Lament.” Yearbook for Traditional Music 22 (1990): 80-105. https://doi.org/10.2307/767933.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-program

S5 Episode 3- “Women and Mourning Culture in the Victorian Era” with Kylah Smith

  “Mourning dress, 19th century” is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5.

In episode Kylah Smith, junior history major, visits with Hollie about Victorian Era America’s mourning customs. She unpacks how mourning practices differed based on gender, social status, and relationship to the deceased.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. While you’re there, give us a review. Let us know what you like and share widely!

Selected Bibliography:

“The Fashion of Mourning.” Godey’s Lady’s Book (March 1875).

“The Social Duty of a Woman: A Visit of Sympathy.” Cassell’s Family Magazine (1894).

McDaniel, Katherine. “Angels in Black: Victorian Women in Mourning.” City of Greeley Museums. Accessed November 5, 2023. https://greeleymuseums.com/victorian-women-in-mourning/.

Strange, Julie-Marie. “‘She Cried a Very Little’: Death, Grief and Mourning in Working-Class Culture, c. 1880-1914.” Social History 27, no. 2 (May 2002): 143–61.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/