Author: Elizabeth Shown Mills
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ISBN: 9780806321318
Category : Bibliographical citations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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ISBN: 9780871963727
Category : Obituaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1010

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Author: Felice D. Levy
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Category : Obituaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1010

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Author: Betty Jarboe
Publisher: G. K. Hall
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Author: Johannes Eby
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ISBN: 9781884732089
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Mushira Eid
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814327555
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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This unusual book, the world of obituaries looks at obituaries as a rich source of information on cultural representation of gender. It examines obituaries published from 1938 to 1998 in three cultures - Egypt, Iran, and the United States - to analysis how women and men are represented in their death notices and how these representations have change over time. It also shows how obituaries, viewed as texts, at times converge within but often diverge from expected norms. Mushira Eid has applied quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques to 4,400 obituaries, using names, titles, and occupations as linguistic symbols of identity. Data were collected for a month at ten-year intervals to measure change. From them, she demonstrates differences within the world of obituaries, relates this world to the world at large, and constructs a model based on this comparison. Resulting facts are placed within the context of women's movements in the three cultures and other sociocultural and political events that influenced the perception of gender roles. The World of Obituaries offers a unique synthesis of information on women and public space in three cultures. It opens a new window on gende

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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Marriage and death records compiled from local newspapers, published and unpublished Bible records, and family histories. Local newspapers abstracted are: Montgomery Republican, Mobile Commercial Register, The Eufaula Democrat, The Spirit of the South, Independent American, Eufaula Express, The Bluff City Times, The Henry County Register, The Clayton Banner, Eufaula Tri-Weekly News, The Clayton Courier, Eufaula Weekly Times & News, Eufaula Times & News, The Eufaula Times, The Eufaula Weekly Bulletin, and Eufaula Daily Times.

Author: Mary Harrell-Sesniak
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557182093
Category : Death notices
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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