The Obituary as Collective Memory

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Routledge, 2007 - Social Science - 295 pages
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.

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The Obituary as Collective Memory
Bridget Fowler
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The Obituary as Collective Memory
Bridget Fowler
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Fowler Bridget,Bridget Fowler
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About the author (2007)

Bridget Fowler is a Professor at the University of Glasgow, specialising in the sociology of culture, Marxist-feminism and social theory. Her previous publications include The Alienated Reader (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991), Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory (Sage, 1997), and an edited volume, Reading Bourdieu on Society and Culture (Blackwell, 2000).

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Obituary as Collective Memory
Volume 27 of Routledge advances in sociology
AuthorBridget Fowler
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 2007
ISBN0415364930, 9780415364935
Length295 pages
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Social Science / Popular Culture
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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