After jumping straight into the subject area in my first two posts I realized I should have did an overview of my project and what I will be researching. My main focus will be the traditions of mourning in the Victorian Era especially in the United States. Because there are so many questions that I could pose about these traditions I decided to be very broad with my question so I could delve into a multitude of areas surrounding these which would in turn allow me and in turn you, my readers to learn more about it.
Mourning was so completely different during the Victorian Era than it is today. There were so many different traditions and specific rules that they had at that time that seem so odd to us now. Ironically, there are still somethings that have carried over. For example it is still pretty traditional to wear black or something dark to a funeral.
I'm a very visual learner so I will try and use a lot of photos in my blog.
Photo: c. 1860-1870
Source:
A Time to Mourn, by Armstrong & Pike
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