ISBN:
9780472122622
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Chapaeva, Dina Rafailovna The celebration of death in contemporary culture
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Death..
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Death in popular culture..
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Civilization, Modern..
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Culture..
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Death in literature..
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Death in motion pictures..
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying.-bisacsh
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.-bisacsh
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PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.-bisacsh
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Electronic books
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Civilization, Modern
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Culture
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Death
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Death in literature
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Death in motion pictures
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Death in popular culture
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PHILOSOPHY
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
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Gesellschaft
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Kultur
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Tod
Abstract:
"Contents" -- "Introduction: The Paradoxes of Death" -- "One. The Intellectual Origins of the Cult of Death" -- "Two. The Commodification of Death: The Social and Historical Perspectives" -- "Three. The Monsters and the Humans" -- "Four. Harry Potter, Tanya Grotter, and Death in the Coming-of-Age Novel" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "Selected Bibliography".
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