What motivates the roadside shrines for young automobile accident victims?
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2005
Authors
Tulpar, Carol
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Illumine
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As recently as thirty years ago, impromptu roadside shrines of the type we see so commonly now were virtually non-existent in Canada and the U.S. Now nearly each time a road accident claims a young life, an ad hoc shrine springs up at the place where that life was lost. This paper explores, from various points of view, some of the possible motivations for these memorial shrines. In coming to terms with the changing zeitgeist, we may try to understand phenomena by viewing them through various lenses. Accordingly, in this essay, reference is made to material from ritual theory, morphic field theory, and post-modern thought.
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Tulpar, C. (2005). What motivates the roadside shrines for young automobile accident victims? Illumine, 4(1), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.18357/illumine4120051587