Grave

Object Lessons explores the hidden lives of ordinary things, while Grave examines the transformation of burial sites over time and their impact on society. Meier analyzes the rise of cremation, green burial, and new practices like human composting, and investigates what the future holds for the grave and how existing spaces of death can be returned to community life.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Object Lessons is a captivating series of beautifully designed books that delve into the hidden lives of ordinary things. In her book "Grave," Allison C. Meier takes a ground-level view of how burial sites have transformed over time and how they continue to change. As a cemetery tour guide, Meier has spent countless hours walking among tombstones, but the grave has often been overlooked and unnoticed. However, "Grave" reveals that graves are not always so subtle, reverent, or permanent. While the indigent and unidentified have been interred in mass graves, a fate brought to light during the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice today is not unlike burials in the potters fields of the colonial era. Burial is not the only option, and Meier explores the rise of cremation, green burial, and new practices like human composting, examining what the future holds for the grave and how existing spaces of death can be returned to community life. "Object Lessons" is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Weight: 156g
Dimension: 164 x 121 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501383656