Episode 144 - Changing Perspectives in Cemetery Landscapes: Rural to Landscape Transition

The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery - A podcast by Jennie Johnson & Dianne Hartshorn - Thursdays

Send us a textJennie and Dianne are joined by first time guest Dr. Joy Giguere to learn how American burial grounds changed from merely Ordinary Extraordinary places of interment, to rural landscapes meant to appear natural and ease the burden of grief, to the streamlined lawn cemeteries we often see today. Dr. Joy M. Giguere is an associate professor of history at Penn State York where she teaches courses in US History, African American history, medical history, the history of technology, th...