Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal

This book is the first to offer a broad look at the evolution and current status of Portuguese funerary practice. It aims to provide an essential reference to researchers with an interest in death and funeral practices in Portugal.

Rafaela Ferraz Ferreira is a writer and independent researcher with a focus on Portuguese death practices, specifically current and emerging forms of body disposal. Ana Júlia Almeida Miranda works in Aveiro as a technical assistant of two public cemeteries, Esgueira and Taboeira, dealing with all the legal and bureaucratical matters of managing and maintaining the two cemeteries. Francisco Queiroz is a Portuguese art historian, and researcher at both CEPESE (Oporto) and ARTIS-IHA/FLUL (Lisbon).

1. Introduction 2. History of Portuguese Funerary Practice 3. Demographic and Legal Frameworks 4. Governance and Professionalization 5. Religion and Funerary Practice 6. The Funeral Directing Industry 7. A Typical Funeral 8. Paying for Funerals 9. Burial 10. Cremation 11. Commemoration 12. Conservation