Title: Culture, celebrity, and the cemetery :
Authors: Levitt, Linda,
Date: 2018
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Physical description: vii, 91 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "The first book-length study of the cultural impact of Hollywood Forever. Also examines the cemetery as a public heritage space in general"--
Contents: Locating cultural memory -- From gardens to gloom, toward grandeur -- The celebrity cemetery -- On the mausoleum wall -- Skeletons, marigolds, and sugar skulls -- Expanding the scope.
Notes: "Routledge Focus"--Cover.
Subject headings (LCSH): Burial--California--Los Angeles.; Celebrities--California--Los Angeles--Death.; Celebrities--Tombs--California--Los Angeles.; Cemeteries--California--Los Angeles.; Cemeteries--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles.; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs.; Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.); Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social aspects.