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
Autor principal: Khapaeva, Dina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2017
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Death in popular culture.
Death in motion pictures.
Death in literature.
Death.
Culture.
Civilization, Modern.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
deaths.
Mort.
Mort dans la culture populaire.
Mort dans la litterature.
Mort au cinema.
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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