ABSTRACT
The first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Bridget Fowler makes great use of the theories of Pierre Bordieu, arguing that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory. This book, the first of its kind, will find a place on every serious sociology scholar's bookshelves.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|156 pages
Theoretical, historical and quantitative studies of the obituary
chapter |22 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|17 pages
Collective memory
chapter 2|18 pages
The historical sociology of death
chapter 3|22 pages
Bourdieu's social theory and the obituary
chapter 4|23 pages
The Times' obituaries in 1900 and 1948
part II|94 pages
Memories burnished at the shock of death: Discourse analysis of newspaper obituaries
