TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,Bridget
TI  - The obituary as collective memory
T2  - Routledge advances in sociology
SN  - 0415364930
AV  - HM1025 .F69 2007
U1  - 920.001 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Collective memory
KW  - Obituaries
KW  - United States
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - Death
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index; 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
ER  -