Джендър аспекти на българския уличен некролог
Gender aspects of the Bulgarian street obituary

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the questions how and why in some cultures attitudes towards men and towards women continue to be different even after their death. For the purposes of the research, various types of obituaries are analyzed in a comparative perspective, the focus being on the phenomenon Bulgarian street obituary. The main conclusion is that obituaries in general confi rm the larger importance of men in society and that obituaries should be considered not only and not so much as a refl ection of actual gender relations but more importantly, as an instrument of reconfi rmation of those relations. Contrary to the common case, however, the Bulgarian street obituary rather mitigates the borders between “male” and “female.” The analysis demonstrates that the Bulgarian street obituary does not reveal considerable distinction between men and women with respect to death and death-related rituals.

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