Private grief, public mourning : the rise of the roadside shrine in British Columbia / John Belshaw & Diane Purvey.

Main entry:

Belshaw, John Douglas.

Title & Author:

Private grief, public mourning : the rise of the roadside shrine in British Columbia / John Belshaw & Diane Purvey.

Publication:

Description:

154 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Ch. 1. Death in the Far West -- Ch. 2. The Rise of the Roadside Shrine -- Ch. 3. Roadside Death Memorials in British Columbia -- Ch. 4. Meaning in Mourning.

Summary:

"... A historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the context of the province of British Columbia. The authors are concerned, primarily, with the rise of the roadside death memorial in the late twentieth century. They argue that RDMs are not a marginal, quirky phenomenon but part of a longer and complex story about the meaning of both death and grieving, one more thread in a long tapestry of public exhibitions of grief that serve to announce to the watching world who we are."--publisher's description.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

9781895636994
189563699X

Subject:

Roadside memorials British Columbia History.
Mourning customs British Columbia History.
Monuments commémoratifs aux abords des routes Colombie-Britannique Histoire.
Deuil Coutumes Colombie-Britannique Histoire.
Mourning customs.
Roadside memorials.
Denkmal
British Columbia.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Purvey, Diane.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263969
Call No.: BIB 195287
Status: Available

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