Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death

J. Santino

$326.95 $261.21

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Palgrave Macmillan
21 April 2006

Memorials, monuments; Folklore, myths & legends

Spontaneous shrines have emerged around the world, as a way to mourn those who have died a sudden or shocking death, and to acknowledge the circumstances of the deaths. Spontaneous Shrines and Public Memorializations of Death is an edited volume of approximately 17 essays that deals with various types of spontaneous shrines and other, related public memorializations of death. The articles address events such as New York after 9/11; roadside crosses, the use of 'Day of the Dead' altars to bring attention to deceased undocumented immigrants, and so on. Together, they will deal with issues around the origins, types, uses, dynamics, and meanings of these shrines. The scope of the book will include the United States, Newfoundland, Norway, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Guatamala, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia. The book is the first comprehensive work to examine and theorize the phenomenon as a whole.

By: J. Santino
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2006 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781403968883
ISBN 10: 1403968888
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 21 April 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shrines, Performative Commemoratives, and the Public Memorialization of Death; J.Santino Communicative Commemoration and Graveside Shrines: Jim Morrison, Princess Diana, My 'Bro' Max, and Boogs the Cat; J.B.Thomas Mourning in Protest; H.F.Senie The Pentagon and 9/11; M.Yocom The Shrines of 9/11; J.Hirsch 'Oh did you see the ashes come thickly falling down?' Poems Posted in the Wake of September 11; S.Zeitlin Making Place Out of Space: Memorializing and Mourning Unexpected Roadside Deaths; S.D.Villareal Louisiana Roadside Memorials: Negotiating an Emerging Tradition; M.Owens 'Nothing Bad Ever Happens': Roadside Crosses in 'America's Hometown'; H.Everett 'Like a Trace': The Spontaneous Shrine as a Cultural Expression of Grief in Norway; H.Westgaard A Memorial Wall in Philadelphia; J.Lohman Twelve Aggie Angels: Christian Content of the Spontaneous Shrines following the 1999 Bonfire Collapse at Texas A&M University; S.Grider The Shrine that Refused To Be A Shrine: Tragedy and Vernacular Responses of Resistance, Counter-Narration, and Reclamation; D.E.Goldstein & D.Tye Goin' Back With Dusty Springfield: Memorialization and Pilgrimage, Henley-On-Thames; S.M.Jamieson Day of the Dead and the Moral Economy; R.Marchi Signifying Places of Atrocity; R.Hartley Forty Years of Conflict: State, Church, and Spontaneous Representation of Massacres and Murder in Guatamala; M.J.Taylor & M.K.Steinberg

JACK SANTINO is Professor of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, USA.

Reviews for Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death

Once again, editor Jack Santino shows his gift for seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death <br>reveals an emerging, globalizing language of loss and memory that can deal with the unassimilable fact of unjust, untimely death. The new traditions documented here are moving, powerful and potentially subversive. --Susan Davis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<br> It is a sad fact of our times that we should have so many reasons to mourn collectively. Wherever that may be (Madrid, Buenos Aires, Oklahoma, Derry, New York, Pouch Cove), for whatever reason (a car crash, assassination, terrorist attack, natural disaster, genocide), grief materializes itself in public in the most extraordinary ways. Just how that happens--and what it tells about who we are--is the subject of this life-affirming book, which examines spontaneous and self-organizing forms of mourning. These grassroots expressions offer an important alternative--