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Photography and death : framing death throughout history /

Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in celebrity death images a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Racheal (Author)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Series:Emerald studies in death and culture.
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Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary:Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in celebrity death images and forensic photography.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations ; cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781839090479
DOI:10.1108/9781839090455