Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death
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Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death

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This is an edited volume of approximately 17 essays that deal with various types of spontaneous shrines and other, related public memorializations of death. The articles address events such as New York after 9/11; roadside crosses, and the use of 'Day of the Dead' altars to bring attention to deceased undocumented immigrants.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781137120212
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Performative Commemoratives: Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death
  9. 2 Communicative Commemoration and Graveside Shrines: Princess Diana, Jim Morrison, My "Bro" Max, and Boogs the Cat
  10. 3 Mourning in Protest: Spontaneous Memorials and the Sacralization of Public Space
  11. 4 "We'll Watch Out for Liza and The Kids": Spontaneous Memorials and Personal Response at the Pentagon, 2001
  12. 5 Oh Did You See the Ashes Co me Thickly Falling Down? Poems Posted in the Wake of September 11
  13. 6 Louisiana Roadside Memorials: Negotiating an Emerging Tradition
  14. 7 "Like a Trace": The Spontaneous Shrine as a Cultural Expression of Grief
  15. 8 A Memorial Wall in Philadelphia
  16. 9 Twelve Aggie Angels: Content Analysis of the Spontaneous Shrines Following the 1999 Bonfire Collapse at Texas A&M University
  17. 10 "The Call of the Ice": Tragedy and Vernacular Responses of Resistance, Heroic Reconstruction, and Reclamation
  18. 11 The Missing and Photography: The Uses and Misuses of Globalization
  19. 12 EI Dia de los Muertos in the USA: Cultural Ritual as Political Communication
  20. 13 Signifying Places of Atrocity
  21. 14 Forty Years of Conflict: State, Church, and Spontaneous Representation of Massacres and Murder in Guatemala
  22. 15 Trains of Workers, Trains of Death: Some Reflections after the March 11 Attacks in Madrid
  23. Contributors
  24. Index