Death, The Dead and Popular Culture
Download or Read eBook Death, The Dead and Popular Culture PDF written by Ruth Penfold-Mounce and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ruth Penfold-Mounce |
| Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2018-06-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781787430549 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1787430545 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Death, The Dead and Popular Culture by : Ruth Penfold-Mounce
Book excerpt: Portrayals of death and the dead are everywhere within popular culture revealing much about contemporary society’s engagement with mortality. Drawing upon celebrity posthumous careers, organ transplantation mythology and the fictional dead, this book considers how representations of the dead in popular culture exert powerful agency.
