A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines

A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines

Thisarticle seeks to describe the colonial cemetery in the Philippines at the turn of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century in four material dimensions: location, spatial planning, ethnic and social differentiation, and economical importance for the parish. From 1804 onward, colonial attempts to...

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Main Author: Huetz de Lemps, Xavier; Department
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss2/2
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10842024-08-07T03:42:03Z A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines Huetz de Lemps, Xavier; Department Thisarticle seeks to describe the colonial cemetery in the Philippines at the turn of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century in four material dimensions: location, spatial planning, ethnic and social differentiation, and economical importance for the parish. From 1804 onward, colonial attempts to regulate burial practices centered on the spatial relocation of the deceased. Closely correlated with the cholera outbreaks in the Philippines, the growing pressure exerted by colonial authorities on burial practices gave rise to a complex mix of political, social, and ethnic tensions that both reflected the enormous complexity of colonial society and contributed to recompose it.KEYWORDS: CATHOLIC CEMETERIES • NON-CATHOLIC CEMETERIES •BURIAL REGULATIONS • NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILIPPINES • SPANISH COLONIALISM 2021-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss2/2 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.1084 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1084/viewcontent/A_20Matter_20of_20Grave_20Concern_20_5Bvol._2069_20no._202_20_282021_29_20161_E2_80_9388_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle seeks to describe the colonial cemetery in the Philippines at the turn of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century in four material dimensions: location, spatial planning, ethnic and social differentiation, and economical importance for the parish. From 1804 onward, colonial attempts to regulate burial practices centered on the spatial relocation of the deceased. Closely correlated with the cholera outbreaks in the Philippines, the growing pressure exerted by colonial authorities on burial practices gave rise to a complex mix of political, social, and ethnic tensions that both reflected the enormous complexity of colonial society and contributed to recompose it.KEYWORDS: CATHOLIC CEMETERIES • NON-CATHOLIC CEMETERIES •BURIAL REGULATIONS • NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILIPPINES • SPANISH COLONIALISM
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author Huetz de Lemps, Xavier; Department
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A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
author_facet Huetz de Lemps, Xavier; Department
author_sort Huetz de Lemps, Xavier; Department
title A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
title_short A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
title_full A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
title_fullStr A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
title_full_unstemmed A Matter of Grave Concern: Burial Sites and Funeral Rites in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
title_sort matter of grave concern: burial sites and funeral rites in the nineteenth-century philippines
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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