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LEADER: 01711cam a22003258a 4500
001 2006038300
003 DLC
005 20070307160218.0
008 061120s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006038300
020 $a9780415364935 (hardback : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHM1025$b.F69 2007
082 00 $a920.001$222
100 1 $aFowler, Bridget,$d1943-
245 14 $aThe obituary as collective memory /$cBridget Fowler.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$cc2007.
263 $a0706
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aRoutledge advances in sociology ;$v27
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTheoretical, 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.
650 0 $aCollective memory.
650 0 $aObituaries.
650 0 $aObituaries$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCollective memory$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCelebrities$vObituaries.
650 0 $aDeath$xSocial aspects.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038300.html