The changing presentation of death in the obituary, 1899-1999

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-346

  Phillips, Jason B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PUBLICATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NARRATION; NEWSPAPERS; WRITING;

EID: 35648982876     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.55.4.g     Document Type: Article

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