Till death do us join: Media, mourning rituals and the sacred centre of the society

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-135

  Pantti, Mervi ^a   Sumiala, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mediatization; Mourning; National tragedies; News; Ritual; Sacred centre

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049149240     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708098251     Document Type: Article

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