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Books : The Obituary as Collective Memory (Routledge Advances in Sociology) (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

by: Bridget Fowler


Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 920.001 EAN: 9780415364935 ISBN: 0415364930 Label: Routledge Manufacturer: Routledge Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 312 Publication Date: January 01, 2005 Publisher: Routledge Sales Rank: 816198 Studio: Routledge	List Price: £75.00 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £71.25 You Save: £3.75 ( 5%) Prices subject to change.
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The first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Fowler makes great use of the theories of Pierre Bordieu, arguing that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory.

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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 first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Bridgit 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.

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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