Jessica Mitford Archives - Harvesting my life https://ernestlowe.com/tag/jessica-mitford/ Six decades of Ernest Lowe's offerings to the world Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:03:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The American Way of Death https://ernestlowe.com/the-american-way-of-death/ Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:49:12 +0000 http://ernestlowe.com/?p=569 I produced this sound montage in 1963 to follow an interview of Jessica Mitford on her book by the same title. She commented to Trevor Thomas on her devastating critique of the funeral industry in the US. I assembled the sound montage from ads in the industry press, military contractor ads in Scientific American, and … Continue reading The American Way of Death →

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