Sacred space (tremenos) and heirlooms (sacra) serve a totemic function within the homes of elder Americans

Journal of Religion, Disability and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-114

  Small, Linda Marie ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Elderly; Heirlooms; Objects; Sacred space; Totemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002078851     PISSN: 15228967     EISSN: 15229122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J095v03n01_12     Document Type: Article

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