Death, the dead and popular culture /

Portrayals of death and the dead are everywhere within popular culture revealing much about contemporary society's engagement with mortality. Drawing upon celebrity posthumous careers, organ transplantation mythology and the fictional dead, this book considers how representations of the dead in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Penfold-Mounce, Ruth, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Colección:Emerald studies in death and culture.
Temas:
Death > Social aspects.
Mort > Aspect social.
Sociology: death & dying.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Death > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Portrayals of death and the dead are everywhere within popular culture revealing much about contemporary society's engagement with mortality. Drawing upon celebrity posthumous careers, organ transplantation mythology and the fictional dead, this book considers how representations of the dead in popular culture exert powerful agency.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 143 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-134) and index.
ISBN:9781787439436
1787439437
9781787430532
1787430537
9781787567665
1787567664

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