Collective Memory and Forgetting: Components for a Study of Obituaries

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 53-72

  Fowler, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collective memory; Halbwachs; modernity; newspaper; obituary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993741954     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276405059414     Document Type: Article

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