Death in contemporary popular culture / edited by Adriana Teodorescu, Michael Hviid Jacobsen.
| Other author | Teodorescu, Adriana, editor. |
| Other author | Jacobsen, Michael Hviid, 1971- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | The cultural politics of media and popular culture Cultural politics of media and popular culture. ^A1180094 |
| Abstract | "With intense and violent portrayals of death becoming ever more common on television and in cinema and the growth of death-centric movies, series, texts, songs and video clips attracting a wide and enthusiastic global reception, we might well ask whether death has ceased to be a taboo. What makes thanatic themes so desirable in popular culture? Do representations of the macabre and gore perpetuate or sublimate violent desires? Has contemporary popular culture removed our unease with death? Can social media help us to cope with our mortality, or can music and art present death as an aesthetic phenomenon? This volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the discussion of the social, cultural, aesthetic and theoretical aspects of the ways in which in popular culture understands, represents and manages death, bringing together contributions from around the world focused on television, cinema, popular literature, social media and the internet, art, music and advertising"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Death in contemporary popular culture. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 9780367185855 |
| LCCN | 2019041927 |
| ISBN | 9780429197024 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0429197020 |
| ISBN | 9780429591273 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0429591276 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9780429587399 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0429587392 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9780429589331 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0429589336 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| Stock number | 5984900 Proquest Ebook Central |
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