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Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture

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A fifteen-year-old high school cheerleader is killed while driving on a dangerous curve one afternoon. By that night, her classmates have erected a roadside cross decorated with silk flowers, not as a grim warning, but as a loving memorial. In this study of roadside crosses, the first of its kind, Holly Everett presents the history of these unique commemoratives and their relationship to contemporary memorial culture. The meaning of these markers is presented in the words of grieving parents, high school students, public officials, and private individuals whom the author interviewed during her fieldwork in Texas. Everett documents over thirty-five memorial sites with twenty-five photographs representing the wide range of creativity. Examining the complex interplay of politics, culture, and belief, she emphasizes the importance of religious expression in everyday life and analyzes responses to death that this tradition. Roadside crosses are a meeting place for communication, remembrance, and reflection, embodying on-going relationships between the living and the dead. They are a bridge between personal and communal pain–and one of the oldest forms of memorial culture. Scholars in folklore, American studies, cultural geography, cultural/social history, and material culture studies will be especially interested in this study.
Date: October 15, 2002
Creator: Everett, Holly
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System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2005 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 2005

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Date: October 20, 2005
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System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 2005 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 2005

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Date: October 13, 2005
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 2007 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 2007

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 2008

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 2008

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Date: October 16, 2008
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 2006 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 2006

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2009

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2005 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 2005

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Date: October 6, 2005
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 2006 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 2006

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Date: October 19, 2006
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 2008

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 2009

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 2007 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 2007

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 2009

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2007 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 2007

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 2006 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 2006

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 2009

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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2005 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 2005

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Date: October 27, 2005
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 2009 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Date: October 15, 2009
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 2007 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 2007

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Date: October 11, 2007
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 2008

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Date: October 2, 2008
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 2006 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 2006

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Date: October 26, 2006
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The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 2008 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 2008

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Date: October 23, 2008
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[Edmund and Emily Miller House Photograph #1]

Photograph of the Edmund and Emily Miller House, in Austin, Texas.
Date: October 2000
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Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History