The Obituary as Collective Memory (Routledge Advances in Sociology) - Hardcover

Bridget Fowler

 
9780415364935: The Obituary as Collective Memory (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415364930 ISBN 13: 9780415364935
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415364930
ISBN 13 
9780415364935
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312

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