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The vulnerability of outsider architecture

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The genre of outsider architecture is examined. The author, exploring numerous sites created by outsider architects, describes the movement as precarious, imaginative, eclectic, and eccentric, and argues the sites are in danger of oblivion and should be preserved.

Author: Cardinal, Roger
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2000
History, Protection and preservation, Architectural design

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The land of Pasaquan

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The artwork of Eddie Owens Martin is discussed. The author provides a biography of Martin and examines his artistic compound known as Pasaquan (the crossing of past and future) which is steeped in religious and spiritual meaning drawn from world cultures.

Author: Joiner, Dorothy
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2000
Influence, Biography, Religion, Spirituality, Martin, Eddie Owens

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"All of world-kind have been right here": the theology and architecture of Rev. H.D. Dennis

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This article discusses the art of Reverend H.D. Dennis's roadside theological park. The author maintains everything created by Dennis in the park symbolizes and aids in his theological teachings.

Author: Young, Stephen
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2000
Criticism and interpretation, Christian art and symbolism, African American clergy, Christian art, Christian symbolism

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