Cemeteries GravemarkersRichard Meyer Utah State University Press, 1992 - 347 pages Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large. |
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Page 61
... contemporary American cemetery is a place devoid of any signifi- cant degree of interest . The general image is that of a bland , featureless conglomeration of flat markers set into a nondescript landscape somewhat resembling a poorly ...
... contemporary American cemetery is a place devoid of any signifi- cant degree of interest . The general image is that of a bland , featureless conglomeration of flat markers set into a nondescript landscape somewhat resembling a poorly ...
Page 63
... contemporary gravemarkers may center upon virtually any aspect of a person's life deemed worthy of commemoration.5 A fair proportion of it , in fact , emphasizes what might be termed recreational pursuits , and this is particularly so ...
... contemporary gravemarkers may center upon virtually any aspect of a person's life deemed worthy of commemoration.5 A fair proportion of it , in fact , emphasizes what might be termed recreational pursuits , and this is particularly so ...
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... contemporary study of material culture in America there seems to be agreement on one general principle — the notion that material objects are , in fact , " texts " which can be " read " by those attentive to the cultural messages they ...
... contemporary study of material culture in America there seems to be agreement on one general principle — the notion that material objects are , in fact , " texts " which can be " read " by those attentive to the cultural messages they ...
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Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
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