Spontaneous memorials and contemporary modes of mourning in America

Material Religion

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-319

  Doss, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 41949093695     PISSN: 17432200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2006.11423053     Document Type: Article

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