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It's the future of death, boys!
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MORE CAITLIN DOUGHTY
The Books I Wrote: caitlindoughty.com/books
The Course I Created: mortalcourse.com
The Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Host & Writer: Caitlin Doughty (@thegooddeath)
Researcher & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak
Production Coordinator: Sarah Chavez
Outro Songs: performed by DARRENCORP (@darrencorp)
SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING
Troyer, John. Technologies of the Human Corpse. The MIT Press, 2020.
Scandura, Jani. "Deadly Professions: 'Dracula,' Undertakers, and the Embalmed Corpse." Victorian Studies , Autumn, 1996, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 1-30. Indiana University Press.
Podgorny, Irina. "Modern Embalming, Circulation of Fluids, and the Voyage through the Human Arterial System: Carl L. Barnes and the Culture of Immortality in America." Nuncius 26 (2011) 109–131
Barnes, Carl Lewis. The Art and Science of Embalming. Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, 1927.
Randolph, Vance. Ozark Magic and Folklore. Dover Publications, 1964.
Farrell, James J. Inventing the American Way of Death, 1830–1920. Temple University Press, 1980.
It's the future of death, boys!
Support our team and the production of these videos through PATREON: patreon.com/thegooddeath
MORE CAITLIN DOUGHTY
The Books I Wrote: caitlindoughty.com/books
The Course I Created: mortalcourse.com
The Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Host & Writer: Caitlin Doughty (@thegooddeath)
Researcher & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak
Production Coordinator: Sarah Chavez
Outro Songs: performed by DARRENCORP (@darrencorp)
SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING
Troyer, John. Technologies of the Human Corpse. The MIT Press, 2020.
Scandura, Jani. "Deadly Professions: 'Dracula,' Undertakers, and the Embalmed Corpse." Victorian Studies , Autumn, 1996, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 1-30. Indiana University Press.
Podgorny, Irina. "Modern Embalming, Circulation of Fluids, and the Voyage through the Human Arterial System: Carl L. Barnes and the Culture of Immortality in America." Nuncius 26 (2011) 109–131
Barnes, Carl Lewis. The Art and Science of Embalming. Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, 1927.
Randolph, Vance. Ozark Magic and Folklore. Dover Publications, 1964.
Farrell, James J. Inventing the American Way of Death, 1830–1920. Temple University Press, 1980.
