Death, absence and afterlife in the garden

Cultural Geographies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-245

  Ginn, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic space; Garden; Landscape; Memory; Mourning

Indexed keywords

GARDEN; MEMORY; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; SUBURBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896866062     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474474013483220     Document Type: Article

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