On the taboo of death and the emergence of the San Vicente Cemetery, Cordoba

Abstract

Next, I propose a tour that seeks to put the emergence of the San Vicente Cemetery in the city of Córdoba in context. For this, it becomes necessary to start from a historicization of the processes (social, cultural, political and medical) that give rise to changes in attitudes towards death in the West, and in particular, to a new cult of cemeteries towards XIX century. In a second moment, I delve into the ways in which the eastern area of ​​the city of Córdoba was built, where the cemetery is located, with special emphasis on the concept of taboo suggested by Douglas (1973). The following questions guide this work: what are the socio-historical processes involved in the new cult of cemeteries during the 19th century? And what role does the death taboo play in the development of the eastern area of ​​the city of Córdoba?