Funerary Practices in the Netherlands.

Funerary Practices in the Netherlands.

This book explores the funerary culture in the Netherlands through a mixture of photographs, figures and case studies. The nine chapters demonstrate the process of funeralising and ideas about death in the Netherlands, providing an overview of contemporary funerary practices and their changes over t...

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Author / Creator: Mathijssen, Brenda.
Other Authors / Creators:Venhorst, Claudia.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Series:Funerary International Ser.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies-Netherlands.
Burial laws-Netherlands.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Funerary Practices in the Netherlands
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Images
  • List of Tables and Charts
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Map of The Netherlands
  • Chapter 1 The Netherlands: An Introduction
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. Pillars and Polders
  • 1.3. Migration and Diversity
  • 1.4. Religion in Numbers
  • Chapter 2 History
  • 2.1. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
  • 2.2. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  • 2.3. The Early Twentieth Century
  • 2.4. The Late Twentieth Century
  • Chapter 3 Demographic and Legal Frameworks
  • 3.1. Mortality in the Netherlands
  • 3.1.1. Place of Death
  • 3.1.2. Causes of Death
  • 3.2. Legal Frameworks
  • 3.2.1. The Euthanasia Act
  • 3.2.2. Corpse Disposal Act
  • 3.2.2.1. Chapter I. General Provisions
  • 3.2.2.2. Chapter II. General Requirements for Bodily Disposal
  • Post-mortem and Identification
  • Leave for Burial or Cremation
  • Terms
  • Provision in Funeral Services
  • Government Care
  • 3.2.2.3. Chapter III. Burial
  • General Provisions
  • Municipal Cemeteries
  • Special Cemeteries
  • Closure and Removal of Cemeteries
  • 3.2.2.4. Chapter IV. Cremation
  • General Provisions
  • Crematoria
  • Preservation, Destination and Storage of Ashes
  • 3.2.2.5. Chapter V. Special Modes of Bodily Disposal
  • 3.2.2.6. Chapter VI. Special Provisions
  • 3.2.2.7. Chapter VII. Penal Provisions
  • 3.2.2.8. Chapter VIII. Transitional and Final Provisions
  • Transitional Provisions
  • Final Provisions
  • 3.3. Recent Developments in Legislation
  • 3.3.1. Resomation, Cryomation and Compostation
  • 3.3.2. Changes in the Personal Records Database
  • 3.3.3. Recent Jurisprudence
  • Chapter 4 The Funeral Directing Industry
  • 4.1. Historic Development
  • 4.2. Current Organisation
  • 4.2.1. Types of Funeral Organisations
  • 4.2.2. Trade Associations
  • 4.2.3. Education and Quality Management.
  • 4.2.4. Typical Premises of the Funeral Home
  • 4.3. Contemporary Developments: Gender, Diversity and Heritage
  • 4.3.1. The Female Face of Death
  • 4.3.2. A Multicultural Funeral Home
  • 4.3.3. Reallocating Religious Heritage
  • 4.4. Public Appearances: Televised Funeral Commercials
  • Chapter 5 Paying for Funerals
  • 5.1. Average Funeral Costs
  • 5.2. Breakdown of General, Burial and Cremation Costs
  • 5.3. Types of Funeral Insurance
  • 5.4. Funeral Poverty and Municipal Help
  • 5.5. Special Income Support
  • 5.6. Technical Cremation
  • 5.7. Baby and Children's Funerals
  • Chapter 6 A Typical Funeral
  • 6.1. Diverse and Tailor-made Funerals
  • 6.2. Immediately Following Death
  • 6.3. Making Funeral Arrangements
  • 6.3.1. Advance Funeral Wishes
  • 6.3.2. The Lonely Funeral: A Poetic Initiative
  • 6.4. Arrangements with the Funeral Director
  • 6.4.1. Type of Funeral
  • 6.4.2. Place, Time and Length of the Service
  • 6.4.3. Mourning Cards and Death Notices
  • 6.4.4. The Coffin or Shroud
  • 6.4.5. Flowers
  • 6.4.6. Music
  • 6.4.7. Koffietafel
  • 6.5. Arrangements with the Religious or Civil Celebrant
  • 6.5.1. Minister, Pastor or Priest
  • 6.5.2. Imam and Volunteers
  • 6.5.3. Chevra Kadisha
  • 6.5.4. Pandit
  • 6.5.5. Humanistic Celebrant
  • 6.5.6. Ritual Coach or Civil Celebrant
  • 6.6. The Care of the Deceased
  • 6.6.1. Ritual Washing
  • 6.6.2. Viewing the Deceased
  • 6.7. The Day of the Funeral
  • 6.7.1. Dress
  • 6.7.2. Travel to the Funeral Service
  • 6.7.3. The Place of the Funeral
  • 6.7.4. Decorating the Funeral Location
  • 6.7.5. Orders of Service
  • 6.7.6. Attending the Funeral
  • 6.7.7. The Funeral Service
  • 6.7.7.1. Christian Funeral Framework
  • 6.7.7.2. Muslim Funeral Framework
  • 6.7.7.3. Non-ecclesial Funeral Framework
  • 6.7.8. Committal, Burial and Cremation
  • 6.7.9. Digital Recording
  • 6.7.10. Remembrance or Prayer Cards.
  • 6.7.11. After the Funeral Service
  • Chapter 7 Burial and Cemeteries
  • 7.1. Historic Development
  • 7.2. Current Cemetery Provision
  • 7.2.1. Municipal Cemeteries
  • 7.2.2. Special Cemeteries
  • 7.2.2.1. Roman Catholic
  • 7.2.2.2. Protestant
  • 7.2.2.3. Jewish
  • 7.2.2.4. Muslim
  • 7.2.2.5. Natural Burial Grounds
  • 7.2.2.6. War Cemeteries
  • 7.2.2.7. Pet Cemeteries
  • 7.3. Graves
  • 7.3.1. Technicalities
  • 7.3.2. Grave Rights and Terms
  • 7.3.3. Clearing of Graves
  • 7.3.4. Burial Costs
  • 7.3.5. Grave Covers
  • 7.3.6. Preservation
  • 7.4. Cemetery Variation in the Netherlands
  • 7.4.1. Marken and Volendam: Protestant and Catholic Traditions
  • 7.4.2. Roermond: The Old Cemetery
  • 7.4.3. Amsterdam: De Nieuwe Ooster
  • 7.4.4. Beth Haim: Portuguese Jewish Cemetery
  • 7.4.5. Syrian Orthodox Cemetery Glanerbrug
  • 7.4.6. A Variety of Muslim Burial Plots
  • Chapter 8 Cremation and Crematoria
  • 8.1. Historic Development
  • 8.2. Burial vs Cremation
  • 8.3. Current Crematorium Provision
  • 8.4. Crematorium Architecture
  • 8.5. Cremation Law and Certification
  • 8.5.1. Current Legal Debates
  • 8.6. Crematorium Logistics
  • 8.6.1. Welcoming Facilities at the Crematorium
  • 8.6.2. Cremation Services in the Auditorium
  • 8.6.3. Crematoria and Funeral Music
  • 8.6.4. Incineration and the Witnessing of the Charge
  • 8.6.5. The Crematorium Bar and Restaurant
  • 8.6.6. The Technical Cremation Process
  • 8.6.7. Environmental Regulations
  • 8.6.8. Cremulation and Ash Storage
  • 8.7. The Ashes
  • 8.7.1. Retrieving the Ashes
  • 8.7.2. Types of Ash Disposal
  • 8.7.3. Ash Artists and Entrepreneurs
  • 8.7.4. Accommodating Hindu Ash Disposal
  • 8.8. Cremation Equipment and OrthoMetals
  • Chapter 9 Death and Remembrance in the Public Sphere
  • 9.1. Personal Commemoration: Between Private and Public
  • 9.1.1. All Souls' Day
  • 9.1.2. Virtual Commemoration.
  • 9.2. War and Holocaust Commemoration
  • 9.2.1. National Remembrance of the Dead: May 4
  • 9.2.2. Holocaust Names Memorial
  • 9.2.3. Honour Fields and War Cemeteries
  • 9.2.4. German Military Cemetery Ysselsteyn
  • 9.3. Notable Developments in Dutch Memorial Practices
  • 9.3.1. Spontaneous Commemorations
  • 9.3.2. Dying Publicly
  • 9.3.3. MH17: Public Mourning
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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