Life Sentences : the Modern Ordering of Mortality.

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Zohreh Bayatrizi examines the many concerted attempts from the last 350 years to strip death of its mystery, and to order, manage, and transform it from an individualized and fatalistic event to a social phenomenon that allows intervention.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bayatrizi, Zohreh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Death > Social aspects > Western countries > History.
Death > Social aspects > History.
Life and death, Power over > Social aspects > History.
Mort > Aspect social > Occident > Histoire.
Mort > Aspect social > Histoire.
Pouvoir sur la vie et la mort > Aspect social > Histoire.
Death > Social aspects
Western countries
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Zohreh Bayatrizi examines the many concerted attempts from the last 350 years to strip death of its mystery, and to order, manage, and transform it from an individualized and fatalistic event to a social phenomenon that allows intervention.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (217 pages)
ISBN:9781442688490
1442688491

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