CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Nagy, Zsofia Anna |
|---|---|
| Title | Remembering Lives: An Analysis of Hungarian Obituaries (1961-2000) |
| Summary | The thesis examines obituaries appearing in the Hungarian daily, Népszabadság during the second half of the 20th century. It argues from a social constructionist stance that the reading of these texts gives us insights about the prevailing norms and values related to death. It posits that the issue of death brings to the surface general cultural values as well. Its aim is to see how these norms and values have changed as the political and social structure changed in Hungary. The paper also analyses how obituaries are activities of social memory through the construction of biographies of the deceased. |
| Supervisor | Naumescu, Vlad; Fabiani, Jean-Louis |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/nagy_zsofia.pdf |
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