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World of Obituaries: Gender across Cultures and over Time »
Authors: Mushira Eid
ISBN-13: 9780814327555, ISBN-10: 0814327559
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Mushira Eid
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | 9 | |
| A Note on Transliteration | 11 | |
| Introduction: Gender, Language, and the Obituaries | 13 | |
| Pt. I | Preliminaries | |
| Ch. 1 | Obituaries across Cultures | 21 |
| Ch. 2 | Space and Visibility in the Obituaries | 63 |
| Pt. II | Representation of the Deceased | |
| Statistical Analyses and Results: An Overview | 109 | |
| Ch. 3 | Naming the Deceased: Basic Identity | 119 |
| Ch. 4 | Acquired Identities: Titles | 156 |
| Ch. 5 | Acquired Identities: Occupations | 212 |
| Pt. III | The Obituaries and Beyond | |
| Ch. 6 | The End of a Century: 1998 Obituaries | 241 |
| Ch. 7 | The Search for a Model, a Connection | 256 |
| Epilogue | 281 | |
| App. A | Definitions of Arabic and Persian Social Titles | 285 |
| App. B | Tables of Statistics | 288 |
| App. C | Social and Professional Titles as Applied to Women and Men | 295 |
| App. D | Classification of Occupations | 303 |
| Notes | 307 | |
| References | 319 | |
| Index | 325 |
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