The Art of Dying: 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying

Author:   Gareth Richard Schott
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
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9783031352164


Pages:   199
Publication Date:   04 August 2023
Format:   Hardback
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The Art of Dying: 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying


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The Art of Dying: 21st Century Depictions of Death and Dying examines how contemporary media platforms are used to produce creative accounts, responses and reflections on the course of dying, death and grief. Outside the public performance of grief at funerals, grief can strike in anticipation of a loss, or it can endure, continuing to interject itself and interrupt a permanently changed life. This book examines the particular affordances possessed by various contemporary creative forms and platforms that capture and illuminate different aspects of the phenomenology of dying and grief. It explores the subversive and unguarded nature of stand-up comedy, the temporal and spatial inventiveness of graphic novels, the creative constructions of documentary filmmaking, the narrative voice of young adult literature, the realism of documentary theatre, alongside more ubiquitous media such as social media, television and games. This book is testament to the power of creative expression to elicit vicarious grief and sharpen our awareness of death.   

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Author:   Gareth Richard Schott
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2023 ed.
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9783031352164


ISBN 10:   3031352165
Pages:   199
Publication Date:   04 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Expressions of Grief: Creative Processing and Reflections.- Chapter 2 - The ‘Creative’ Grief of Heart of a Dog and Dick Johnson Is Dead.- Chapter 3 - Mediated Suicide in 13 Reasons Why: An Argument for Caution in Television Portrayals of Suicide.- Chapter 4 - Absent Presence: Exploiting the Temporal Flexibility of Graphic Memoir.- Chapter 5 -Retain or Delete? Intentions for Social Network Accounts After Death.- Chapter 6 - “Okay? No, not okay:” Does Romance Deliver a Good Death for Terminally Ill Young People?.- Chapter 7 - Death Is Not the End (of the Game): So, What Is It?.- Chapter 8 - The Live Reality of Death: Representations of Dying and the Dead in Documentary Theatre.- Chapter 9 - How Soon Is Too Soon? Death as Comedy

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Gareth Schott is Professor of Screen and Media Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is a media psychologist with broad interests in both the psychological impact of media but also the role of creative media in exploring human psychology and producing psychological knowledge.  

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