The celebration of death in contemporary culture /

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"The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture investigates the emergence and meaning of the cult of death. Over the last three decades, Halloween has grown to rival Christmas in its popularity and profitability; dark tourism has emerged as a rapidly expanding industry; and funerals have bec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khapaeva, Dina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2017
Temas:
Death in motion pictures.
Death in literature.
Culture.
Civilization, Modern.
Death in popular culture.
Death.
Mort au cinéma.
Mort dans la littérature.
Mort dans la culture populaire.
Mort.
deaths.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Paradoxes of Death
  • The Intellectual Origins of the Cult of Death
  • The Commodification of Death: The Social and Historical Perspectives
  • The Monsters and the Humans
  • Harry Potter, Tanya Grotter, and Death in the Coming-of-Age Novel
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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