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Roadside crosses in contemporary memorial culture / by Holly Everett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Everett, Holly J., 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crosses.
- Roadside architecture.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Death--Social aspects.
- Death.
- Crosses--Texas--Austin Region.
- Roadside architecture--Texas--Austin Region.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Texas--Austin Region.
- Death--Social aspects--Texas--Austin Region.
- Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
- Austin (Tex.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 145 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denton : University of North Texas Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work is a study of roadside crosses in which the author presents the history of these unique commemoratives and their relationship to contemporary memorial culture.
- Contents:
- Memorial culture : the material response to loss
- The cross-cultural roadside cross
- Roadside memorial case studies
- Bereavement made manifest
- Cross connections, social meanings.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-138) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-57441-433-X
- 1-4337-1033-1
- 1-4175-1506-6
- OCLC:
- 191936682
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