TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,Bridget
TI  - The obituary as collective memory
SN  - 9780415364935 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - HM 1025 F69.2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Collective memory
KW  - Memoria colectiva
KW  - Obituaries
KW  - Obituarios
KW  - United States
KW  - Obituarios -
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Memoria colectiva -
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - Celebridades
KW  - Death
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Muerte
KW  - Aspectos sociales
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [273]-284) e índice; 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  -