Taking It to the grave: Gender, cultural capital, and ethnicity in turkish death announcements

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-197

  Ergin, Murat ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM; TERMINAL CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 77149175435     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.60.2.e     Document Type: Article

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