“Within the short period of a year, she was a bride, a beloved wife and companion, a mother, a corpse,” reported The National Intelligencer on the death of
For 10 years, "The Economist" has included unique and original obituaries in a popular column. The selections are remarkable because of the people written about
This book considers the cultural meanings of death in American journalism and the role of journalism in interpretations and enactments of public grief, which ha
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