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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... living children , if they are yet living in their sins , untouched by repentance .... " 22 Children who died had the surest guarantees of sinless afterlives , for their brief lives protected them from decay . Such deep and unremitting ...
... living children , if they are yet living in their sins , untouched by repentance .... " 22 Children who died had the surest guarantees of sinless afterlives , for their brief lives protected them from decay . Such deep and unremitting ...
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... living according to the Zuni way . They dance in their spirit village , and their dance brings rain.20 Zuni funerary ... living of the loss and cause griev- ing.21 When Zunis bury jewelry with its owner , it is buried for the living as ...
... living according to the Zuni way . They dance in their spirit village , and their dance brings rain.20 Zuni funerary ... living of the loss and cause griev- ing.21 When Zunis bury jewelry with its owner , it is buried for the living as ...
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... living . One woman was charged by her mother , " When I die you bring me flowers . " Within San Fernando Cemetery , the general style and popularity of gravesite decoration has been influenced by Mexican Catholic All Souls ' Day ...
... living . One woman was charged by her mother , " When I die you bring me flowers . " Within San Fernando Cemetery , the general style and popularity of gravesite decoration has been influenced by Mexican Catholic All Souls ' Day ...
Contents
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
Copyright | |
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