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The obituary as collective memory
- Title
- The obituary as collective memory / Bridget Fowler.
- Author
- Fowler, Bridget, 1943-
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, c2007.
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- Description
- xii, 295 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 27
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
- Contents
- Theoretical, historical and quantitative studies of the obituary -- Introduction -- Collective memory -- The historical sociology of death -- Bourdieu's social theory and the obituary -- The Times' obituaries in 1900 and 1948 -- The social value of death: the microworld of the editors -- The lives we choose to remember: a quantitative analysis (with Esperanza Bielsa) -- Memories burnished at the shock of death : discourse analysis of newspaper obituaries -- The politicians' obituaries (1999-2006) -- The writers' obituaries (1999-2006) -- The artists' obituaries (1999-2006) -- The sports obituaries (1999-2006) -- The trade unionists' obituaries (1999-2006) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-6253
- ISBN
- 9780415364935 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0415364930 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006038300
- OCLC
- 76792047
- Author
- Fowler, Bridget, 1943-
- Title
- The obituary as collective memory / Bridget Fowler.
- Imprint
- New York : Routledge, c2007.
- Series
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 27
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-6253