This unusual book, the world of obituaries looks at obituaries as a rich source of information on cultural representation of gender. It examines obituaries publ

For 10 years, "The Economist" has included unique and original obituaries in a popular column. The selections are remarkable because of the people written about

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In the seventeen years since The Daily Telegraph started to take its obituaries seriously by allotting them a special section in the paper, it has published aro

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, a