The living and the dead: Community in the virtual cemetery

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-76

  Roberts, Pamela ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844223580     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/D41T-YFNN-109K-WR4C     Document Type: Article

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