Beyond the Veil : : Reflexive Studies of Death and Dying /

Beyond the Veil : : Reflexive Studies of Death and Dying / / ed. by Kalliopi M Christodoulaki, Aubrey Thamann.

Looking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes in humans, whether it is disgust, fear, awe, sadness, anger, or even joy. Whereas most studies of death and dying treat the subject from an objective viewpoint, the scholars in th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Bellote, Claudia,
Christodoulaki, Kalliopi M.,
Coenen, Ekkehard,
Cohen, Jeremy,
Fletcher, Kami,
Guntarik, Olivia,
Hanson, Debbie A.,
Moore, Rebecca,
Nandlal, Carina,
Nytroe, Sarah,
Thamann, Aubrey,
Witchard, Alison,
HerausgeberIn:
Christodoulaki, Kalliopi M,
Thamann, Aubrey,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Delaying Death
  • 1. An Absent Presence
  • 2. Immortality and Existential Terror
  • PART II. Caregiving
  • 3. Living, Caring, and Dying
  • 4. Death and Fulfillment
  • PART III. Confronting Death
  • 5. Crossroads
  • 6. “What Has the Field Done to You?”
  • 7. The Historical Study of Death and Dying
  • PART IV. Memorialization
  • 8. Touch ’Em All
  • 9. After Life
  • 10. A Monumental Problem
  • 11. Long Live Chill
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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