Screen LibraryThe obituary as collective memory
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; 27 |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 295 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415364935 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415364930 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K81 |
| CLC: | K81 |
| Call Number: | K81/F785 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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. |