Pictorial headstones : business, culture, and the expression of individuality in the contemporary cemetery

Author

Hamscher, Albert N.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Markers : the annual journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies. 2006, Vol. 23, 6-35, 4 ill.

ISSN

0277-8726

Abstract (en)

Discusses the rise in popularity since the 1970s of personalized headstones that contain images that record aspects of the deceased's life and interests. Places this kind of headstone in the context of contemporary religious beliefs and attitudes towards death and dying.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Tombstones
• Individuality
• Religion
• Death
• Cemeteries
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Sepulchral monuments

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Pierre tombale
• Individualité
• Religion
• Mort
• Cimetière
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Monument funéraire

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00026723

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