Collective Memory Obituary and Societ
by Fowler, BridgetPub. Date: 2007-05-11
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
This book, the first serious academic study of obituaries, focuses on how societies remember and argues that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory.
Table of 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 | |
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