Nyugodjék Békében: Expressions of Identity Change in Sacred Heart Hungarian Cemetery, South Bend IN
Author(s): Emily E. Powell
Year: 2015
Summary
Cemeteries and their associated grave markers have been repeatedly identified as a measure of cultural complexity and change in archaeology site studies. Cultural patterns can be revealed through the ritual materials of mourning and death to reflect notable behavior of the living, and these expressions can radically differ depending on social status and identity. The culmination of this Master’s thesis explores how one ethnic Hungarian group’s expression of identity changed over time by means of shifting language and other patterns evidenced on their gravestones. An empirical examination of a segregated Magyar cemetery in South Bend, Indiana, from when it was established in 1912 to the present, will highlight to what degree Hungarian-Americans expressed their ethnic heritage and how significant retention of that heritage was in a formal mortuary setting.
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Nyugodjék Békében: Expressions of Identity Change in Sacred Heart Hungarian Cemetery, South Bend IN. Emily E. Powell. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434053)
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Keywords
General
Gravestone
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hungarian
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Identity
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
20th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 456