Fowler, Bridget,  1943- <br/><br/>
The obituary as collective memory / 
Bridget Fowler. 
 - xii, 295 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge advances in sociology ;  27 .
 - Routledge advances in sociology ;  27. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 -- Tables -- Bibliography. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415364930 9780415364935 0203015967 9780203015964 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006038300 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Collective memory<br/>Obituaries<br/>Obituaries--United States<br/>Collective memory--United States<br/>Celebrities--Obituaries<br/>Death--Social aspects
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM1025  / .F69 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>920.001