Cemeteries and gravemarkers : voices of American culture / / edited by Richard E. Meyer ; with a foreword by James Deetz

• Autore: Meyer Richard
• Pubblicazione: Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 393/.1/0973
• Soggetto topico: Sepulchral monuments - United States; Cemeteries - United States; Epitaphs - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs
• Altri autori: MeyerRichard E. <1939->
• Note generali: Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1989.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-339) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword - James Deetz; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ""So Witty as to Speak"" - Richard E. Meyer; Icon and Epitaph; Origins and Influences; Ethicity and Regionalism; Business and Pleasure; Bibliography - Richard E. Meyer; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cemeteries and gravemarkers
• ISBN: 9786613311306; 9781283311304; 1283311305; 9780874213232; 0874213231; 9780585039312; 0585039313
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213829403321
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