The obituary as collective memory
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The obituary as collective memory
(Routledge advances in sociology, 27)
Routledge, c2007
- : hbk.
- : pbk.
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Bridget Fowler makes great use of the theories of Pierre Bordieu, arguing that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory. This book, the first of its kind, will find a place on every serious sociology scholar's bookshelves.
Table of Contents
Part I: Theoretical, Historical and Quantitative Studies of the Obituary Introduction. 1. Collective Memory 2. The Historical Sociology of Death 3. Bourdieu's Social Theory and the Obituary 4. The Times' Obituaries in 1900 and 1948 5. The Social Value of Death: The Microworld of the editors 6. The Lives we Choose to Remember: A Quantitative Analysis (with Esperanza Bielsa) Part II: Memories Burnished at the Shock of Death: Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Obituaries 7. The Politicians' Obituaries, 1999-2006 8. The Writers' Obituaries, 1999-2006 9. The Artists' Obituaries, 1999-2006 10. The Sports Obituaries, 1999-2006 11. The Trade-Unionists' Obituaries, 1999-2006. Conclusion
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