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Taylor & Francis Ltd - The Age Of Spectacular Death - Paperback
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Description: This book explores death in contemporary society or more precisely in the spectacular age by moving beyond classic studies of death that emphasised the importance of the death taboo and death denial to examine how we now do death. Unfolding the notion of spectacular death as characteristic of our modern approach to death and dying it considers the new mediation or mediatisation of death and dying; the commercialisation of death as a marketable commodity used to sell products advance artistic expression or provoke curiosity; the re - ritualisation of death and the growth of new ways of finding meaning through commemorating the dead; the revolution of palliative care; and the specialisation surrounding death particularly in relation to scholarship. Presenting a range of case studies that shed light on this new understanding of death in contemporary culture The Age of Spectacular Death will appeal to scholars of sociology cultural and media studies psychology and anthropology with interests in death and dying.
Title: The Age Of Spectacular Death
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367368272
Pages: 220 Pages, 7 Tables, Black And White; 2 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/9/2020
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
Description: This book explores death in contemporary society or more precisely in the spectacular age by moving beyond classic studies of death that emphasised the importance of the death taboo and death denial to examine how we now do death. Unfolding the notion of spectacular death as characteristic of our modern approach to death and dying it considers the new mediation or mediatisation of death and dying; the commercialisation of death as a marketable commodity used to sell products advance artistic expression or provoke curiosity; the re - ritualisation of death and the growth of new ways of finding meaning through commemorating the dead; the revolution of palliative care; and the specialisation surrounding death particularly in relation to scholarship. Presenting a range of case studies that shed light on this new understanding of death in contemporary culture The Age of Spectacular Death will appeal to scholars of sociology cultural and media studies psychology and anthropology with interests in death and dying.
Title: The Age Of Spectacular Death
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367368272
Pages: 220 Pages, 7 Tables, Black And White; 2 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/9/2020
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
