The obituary as collective memory
By: Bridget Fowler.
Series: Routledge advances in sociology -- 27
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780415364935
Subjects: Collective memory; Obituaries; Obituaries -- United States; Collective memory -- United States; Celebrities -- Obituaries; Death -- Social aspects
Genres: Obituaries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical, historical and quantitative studies of the obituary; title: Introduction; title: Collective memory; title: The historical sociology of death; title: Bourdieu's social theory and the obituary; title: The Times' obituaries in 1900 and 1948; title: The social value of death: the microworld of the editors; title: The lives we choose to remember: a quantitative analysis (with Esperanza Bielsa); title: Memories burnished at the shock of death : discourse analysis of newspaper obituaries; title: The politicians' obituaries, 1999-2006; title: The writers' obituaries, 1999-2006; title: The artists' obituaries, 1999-2006; title: The sports obituaries, 1999-2006; title: The trade-unionists' obituaries, 1999-2006; title: Conclusion; title: Tables; title: Bibliography.