Swedish Offerkast and Recent Roadside Memorials
(2009) In Folklore 120(1). p.75-91- Abstract
- The erection of roadside memorials in Sweden is commonly considered a novel practice. However, it bears certain similarities with earlier traditions, especially, the so-called offerkast, a pile of sticks or stones thrown on the site of a death on the road.
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- author
- Petersson, Anna LU
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- publishing date
- 2009
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Folklore
- volume
- 120
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- wos:000263813100005
- scopus:63149104713
- ISSN
- 0015-587X
- DOI
- 10.1080/00155870802647841
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Theoretical and Applied Aesthetics (011036008)
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