In Search of Naunny's Grave: Age, Class, Gender and Ethnicity in an American Family

Trujillo (communication studies, California State U., Sacramento) explores the many meanings of his paternal grandmother's life and death, and the concept of "grandmother" in general. The text combines candid, narrative descriptions of Trujillo's experience of his grandmother, information gathered by the author during interviews of 50-plus relatives, and findings from research on the roles of grandparents. Parts of the text have been previously published in various scholarly journals and texts …