Clark Jennifer, Franzmann Majella
School of Classics, History and Religion, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia, 2351.
Death Stud. 2006 Jul-Aug;30(6):579-99. doi: 10.1080/07481180600742574.
Those who make memorials for the victims of motor vehicle crashes assume an authority to do so that stems from three main elements of experience: the overwhelming empowerment of grief; the belief that the presence of the deceased can be felt and recognized; and the understanding that the place where life was lost is a special place for memorialization. The strength of grief, the power of presence and the importance of place allows ordinary people to assume and, therefore, challenge the authority of the church and the government as official purveyors and regulators of mourning ritual.
那些为机动车事故受害者制作纪念物的人，假定自己有这样做的权力，这种权力源于三个主要的经验要素：悲痛带来的压倒性力量；相信逝者的存在能够被感知和认可；以及明白生命消逝之地是进行纪念的特殊场所。悲痛的力量、存在的力量以及场所的重要性，使得普通人能够假定并因此挑战教会和政府作为哀悼仪式的官方提供者和监管者的权威。
