Bookstore

In one of the few studies to draw upon cemetery data to reconstruct the social organization, social change, and community composition of a specific area, this volume contributes to the growing body of sociohistorical examinations of Appalachia. The authors herein reconstruct the Cades Cove community in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, USA, a mountain community from circa 1818 to 1939, whose demise can be traced to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. By supplementing a statistical analysis of Cades Cove's twenty-seven cemeteries, completed as a National Park Study (#GRSM-01120), with ethnographic examination, the authors reconstruct the community in detail to reveal previously overlooked social patterns and interactions, including insight into the death culture and death-lore of the Upland South. This work establishes cemeteries as window into (proxies of) communities, demonstrating  the relevance of socio-demographic data presented by statistical and other analyses of gravestones for Appalachian Studies, Regional Studies, Cemetery Studies, and Sociology and Anthropology.

Cemeteries and the Life of a Smoky Mountain Community: Cades Cove Under Foot

Chapter 1. A Primer on Cades Cove.Chapter 2. Cades Cove as Community.Chapter 3. Death Culture of the Upland South: A Context for Cades Cove.Chapter 4. Cemeteries as Windows into Communities.Chapter 5. The Cemeteries of Cades Cove.Chapter 6. A Census of Cades Cove through Gravestones.Chapter 7. A Quantitative Reelling of Cades Cove's Cemeteries.Chapter 8. A Conclusion to the Story of Cades Cove's Cemeteries.Chapter 9. Cemeteries: A Reflection and Epilogue.Appendix A: The Etiquette and Protocol of Visiting Cades Cove Cemeteries.