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This unusual and absorbing book takes a behind-the-gates look at
what cemeteries mean to the people who visit them. Burial sites
have long been recognized as windows onto past civilizations, yet
the meanings of our present day cemeteries have been virtually
ignored, even though they teach us much about ourselves. Through
the process of choosing a memorial stone, inscribing it, and
tending the grave garden, visitors fashion a dynamic and often
intensely personal landscape of memory and mourning. The
contemporary cemetery is also a place where new immigrant
communities can reinforce group boundaries and establish a sense of
homeland. Exploring the memorial practices of people from Greek
Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Roman Catholic and Anglican faiths, as
well as the unchurched, this book shows how the material artefacts
of mourning express sentiments that are shared, understood, and
validated by members of the secret cemetery community. This book
contains much to commend it to professionals and practitioners.
This unusual and absorbing book takes a behind-the-gates look at
what cemeteries mean to the people who visit them. Burial sites
have long been recognized as windows onto past civilizations, yet
the meanings of our present day cemeteries have been virtually
ignored, even though they teach us much about ourselves. Through
the process of choosing a memorial stone, inscribing it, and
tending the grave garden, visitors fashion a dynamic and often
intensely personal landscape of memory and mourning. The
contemporary cemetery is also a place where new immigrant
communities can reinforce group boundaries and establish a sense of
homeland. Exploring the memorial practices of people from Greek
Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Roman Catholic and Anglican faiths, as
well as the unchurched, this book shows how the material artefacts
of mourning express sentiments that are shared, understood, and
validated by members of the secret cemetery community. This book
contains much to commend it to professionals and practitioners.
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