{"product_id":"the-power-of-death-contemporary-reflections-on-death-in-western-society-9781785335105","title":"The Power of Death: Contemporary Reflections on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives. It examines the idea and experience of death from an interdisciplinary perspective, including studies of changing burial customs throughout Europe; an account of a“dying party” in the Netherlands; examinations of the fascination with violent death in crime fiction and the phenomenon of serial killer art; analyses of death and bereavement in poetry, fiction, and autobiography; and a look at audience reactions to depictions of death on screen. By studying and considering how death is thought about in the contemporary era, we might restore the natural place it has in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“As well as for thanatology and death studies specialists, the book will be of even keener interest to those in the various areas touched on in the essays, offering an eye-opening introduction to an interdisciplinary approach in this fascinating field.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Social Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The extraordinary impact of loss is discussed in a number of contexts including war and the complexities of dealing with that experience in a socially and culturally dynamic contemporary society. Contributors are drawn from a range of disciplines and international academic contexts, which makes for rich empirical fare…as well as covering socially important topics.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Avril Maddrell\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of the West of England\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The conceptual and methodological concerns contained within this collection are very wide ranging and… there is something for every reader who hails from an arts and humanities or social science background.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Hannah Rumble\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Bath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRicarda Vidal and Maria-José Blanco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: DEATH IN SOCIETY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life Extension, Immortality and the Patient Voice\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCatherine Jenkins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eBeyond ‘Mourning and Melancholia’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLynne M. Simpson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e War and Requiem Compositions in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWolfgang Marx\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: DEATH IN LITERATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Understanding Death\/Writing Bereavement: The writer’s experience\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaria-José Blanco López de Lerma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Way of Sorrows for the Twentieth Century: Margherita Guidacci’s \u003cem\u003eLaVia Crucis dell’umanità\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEleanor David\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Self-Erasure to Self-Affirmation: Communally Acknowledged ‘Good Death’ in Ernest Gaines’s \u003cem\u003eA Lesson Before Dying\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCorina Crisu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eHabeas Corpse. The Dead Body of Evidence in John Grisham’s \u003cem\u003eThe Client\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFiorenzo Iuliano\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Fascination with Torture and Death in Twenty-first-Century Crime Fiction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebecca Shillabeer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: DEATH IN VISUAL CULTURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Power of Negative Creation – Why Art by Serial Killers Sells\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRicarda Vidal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eScreening the Dying Individual: Film, Mortality and the Ethics of Spectatorship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Horne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Broken Body as Spectacle: Looking at Death and Injury in Sport\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJulia Banwell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Death on Display: The Ideological Function of the Mummies of the World Exhibit\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDiana York Blaine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: CEMETERIES AND FUNERALS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Romanian Carnival of Death and the Merry Cemetery of  Săpânţa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarina Cap Bun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. \u003c\/strong\u003eIn the Dead of Night: a Nocturnal Exploration of Heterotopia in the Graveyard\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBel Deering\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15. \u003c\/strong\u003eScenarios of Death in Contexts of Mobility: Guineans and Bangladeshis in Lisbon\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eClara Saraiva and José Mapril\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16. \u003c\/strong\u003eKaraoke Death: Intertextuality in Active Euthanasia Practices\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNatasha Lushetich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART V: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON DEATH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17. \u003c\/strong\u003eDeath isn't what it used to be\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLala Isla\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Dad Project\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBriony Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042395226455,"sku":"9781785335105","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785335105.jpg?v=1750954023","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-power-of-death-contemporary-reflections-on-death-in-western-society-9781785335105","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}