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English
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Mormon Gravestones : A Folk Expression of Identity and Belief
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Latter-day Lore : Mormon Folklore Studies
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Salt Lake City
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University of Utah Press
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83-92
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For years cultural geographers, folklorists, and other researchers have identified and delineated the Mormon region of the American West by charting characteristic elements of its cultural landscape...But other less prominent yet equally significant expressions may be found in the Mormon cultural landscape; gravestones, with their visual symbolism and wealth of cultural information, represent a category of expression offering another way to recognize and understand this unique cultural region. [From the text]