Parental Grief and Memento Mori Photography: Narrative, Meaning, Culture, and Context

Death Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 224-233

  Blood, Cybele ^a   Cacciatore, Joanne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893754706     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2013.788584     Document Type: Article

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