Print Materials:
Owens, Maida. "Louisiana Roadside Memorials: Negotiating an Emerging Tradition." In
Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death, ed Jack Santino. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Reid, Jon K. and Cynthis L Reid. "A Cross Marks the Spot: A Study of Roadside Death Memorials in Texas and Oklahoma."
Death Studies 25 (2001): 341-356.
Urbina, Ian.
"As Roadside Memorials Multiply, a Second Look." New York Times, February 6, 2006. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/national/06shrine.html
Links:
Descansos: A Project about Marking the Place of Loss
http://www.descansos.org/history.shtml
Interview with Tom Zarrilli
http://www.furiousdreams.com/blog/?p=4170
New
York
Times blog: Room for Debate: Should Roadside Memorials be Banned?
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/should-roadside-memorials-be-banned/?emc=eta1
Religion
and Material Culture: Spontaneous Shrines
http://www.shrines.ucr.edu/index.html
Tom Zarrilli's website
http://www.tomzarts.com/Site/Welcome.html
WV DOT: "We Respect Your Feelings: A Primer for Roadside Memorials"
http://www.wvdot.com/3_roadways/3d11a1_memorials.htm
Published: 19 August
2009
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