{"product_id":"beyond-the-veil-the-victorian-obsession-with-death-and-mourning-by-paul-gambino","title":"BEYOND THE VEIL: THE VICTORIAN OBSESSION WITH DEATH AND MOURNING BY PAUL GAMBINO","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBeyond the Veil\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis a visual tour through the curious history of how we deal with death—the grief and mourning, the funerals, symbols, and ceremonies.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVictorian England\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e across to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, learn about the often peculiar and at times macabre ways of how the living memorialize the dead. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHumans have always had ways of marking death, but in Victorian England death became a morbid obsession that went global—death was as much ‘celebrated’ as it was a source of fear and sadness. Queen Victoria herself became a figurehead of grief after the death of her beloved Prince Albert in 1861. Her ensuing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efascination with death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e took many visual forms—from her ritualized embrace of black clothing to the building of ostentatious monuments—and massively \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003einfluenced cultural norms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in both the UK and further afield. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHARDBACK BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GamesandStuff.com","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":49871929540854,"sku":"9781836004226","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3303\/7465\/files\/51orwvsG4lL._SY522.jpg?v=1768610129","url":"https:\/\/www.gamesandstuffonline.com\/products\/beyond-the-veil-the-victorian-obsession-with-death-and-mourning-by-paul-gambino","provider":"Games and Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}