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Acknowledgements | p. xi |
Theoretical, historical and quantitative studies of the obituary | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Collective memory | p. 25 |
The historical sociology of death | p. 41 |
Bourdieu's social theory and the obituary | p. 59 |
The Times' obituaries in 1900 and 1948 | p. 81 |
The social value of death: The microworld of the editors | p. 105 |
The lives we choose to remember: A quantitative analysis | p. 129 |
Memories burnished at the shock of death: Discourse analysis of newspaper obituaries | p. 157 |
The politicians' obituaries (1999-2006) | p. 159 |
The writers' obituaries (1999-2006) | p. 181 |
The artists' obituaries (1999-2006) | p. 197 |
The sports obituaries (1999-2006) | p. 217 |
The trade unionists' obituaries (1999-2006) | p. 233 |
Conclusion | p. 243 |
Notes | p. 251 |
Bibliography | p. 273 |
Index | p. 285 |
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