Название: Mediated Death
Автор: Johanna Sumiala
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited
Жанр: Кинематограф, театр
isbn: 9781509544554
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CONTENTS
1 Cover
4 Preface
5 1 Mediating Death ‘Madness That Is Shared Is Not Madness’ The Problem of Mortality The Myth of Media Overcoming Death The Structure of the Book
6 2 A Brief History of an Idea Early Spectacles of Death Envisioning Death Death in Hybrid Media
7 3 The Event of Death Time of Death Events Spatial Endeavours Death Event as Ritual
8 4 Rethinking Mourning Rituals Hybrid Grief in Social Media Networked Mourning Vernacular Sorrow
9 5 Ritual Contestations Who Counts as an Ideal Victim? Vicarious Witnessing Livestreaming Death
10 6 Rituals Connect and Separate Remembering Not to Forget Ritual Insensibility Whose Memories Matter? Multifaceted Connections
11 7 The Quest for Post-Mortality Floating Death The Dilemma of Immortality ‘Who Wants to Live Forever?’
12 Bibliography
13 Index
Guide
1 Cover
5 Preface
8 Index
List of Illustrations
1 PrefaceFigure 0.1 Covid-19 mural in Helsinki.
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 The funeral of President John F. Kennedy: The family in mourning.
3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Manchester worker bee – a mourning symbol after the UK arena attack in 2017.Figure 4.2 ‘Je suis Charlie’ meme on Edward Munch’s ‘The Cry’.Figure 4.3 Street mural of David Bowie in Brixton, London.
4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 The funeral of Margaret Thatcher.
5 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 The death of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter movement meme.
6 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 The death of Diego Maradona. ‘The old Maradona’.
Pages
1 iii
2 iv
3 viii
4 ix