Contemporary American funerals: Personalizing tradition

Death and Religion in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 207-227

  Garces Foley, Kathleen ^a   Holcomb, Justin S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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21. DeSpelder and Strickland, Last Dance, 277.
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23. Laderman, Rest in Peace, 147.
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31. Walter, "Facing Death without Tradition, "199-202.
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34. Walter, "Facing Death without Tradition, "204