Roadside memorials from a geographical perspective

Mortality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-201

  Klaassens, Mirjam ^a   Groote, Peter ^a   Huigen, Paulus P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural geography; Death; Meaning; Place; Roadside memorial

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449378938     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270902808068     Document Type: Article

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