The celebration of death in contemporary culture /
"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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press
2017
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.9296915 |
Table of Contents:
- 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