Fowler, B. and Bielsa, E. (2007) The lives we choose to remember: a quantitative analysis of newspaper obituaries. Sociological Review, 55(2), pp. 203-226.
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Abstract
Constant structures are shown in different Western countries over time in terms of the selection of individuals for this honour. In particular, there are still a high proportion of the subjects in British newspapers who have attended private schools and Oxford and Cambridge. The impact of elite higher educational establishments is also evident, on a reduced scale, in Le Monde and The New York Times. Yet certain signs of movement within the obituary world can also be detected: women start to appear in their own right, the Third World begins to be represented and a wider array of occupations have become the source of obituary portraits.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Newspapers, Obituaries, Social Status |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Fowler, Professor Bridget |
| Authors: | Fowler, B., and Bielsa, E. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Sociological Review |
| ISSN: | 0038-0261 |
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