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The Age of Spectacular Death (Hardcover)
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The Age of Spectacular Death (Hardcover)
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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.
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