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UNINA9910459649403321 |
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Titolo |
Speaking of death [[electronic resource] ] : America's new sense of mortality / / edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap |
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Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48632-2 |
9786612486326 |
0-313-36427-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Collana |
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Psychology, religion, and spirituality, , 1546-8070 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Death - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / by Robert Belknap -- Preface: Facing our mortality -- Introduction: The age of encounter : the new reality -- Part I: Manifestations of mortality awareness -- From concealment to recognition : the discourse on death, dying, and grief / Christina Staudt -- Cancer patients facing death : is the patient who focuses on living in denial of his/her death? / Sherry R. Schachter -- The afterlife in modern America / Alan F. Segal -- Life extension : proponents, opponents, and the social impact of the defeat of death / Kevin T. Keith -- Covering (up?) death : a close reading of Time magazine's September 11, 2001, special issue / Christina Staudt -- Part II: From awareness to acceptance -- Acceptance of mortality : what is confirmed, what is denied / Michael K. Bartalos -- Death, terror, culture, and violence : a psychoanalytic perspective / Jerry S. Piven -- When the time is ripe for acceptance : dying, with a small "d" / Thomas A. Caffrey -- Alive and content : the art of living with mortality awareness / Michael K. Bartalos -- Part III: Societal aspects of the acceptance of dying -- Coping with mortality : a societal perspective / Michael K. Bartalos -- The quest for permanence : scientific visions of surviving the eventual demise of our universe / Michael K. Bartalos. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume spotlights America's new mortality awareness since 9/11, |
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and the ways that has changed us, from flourishing college courses on death, to popular television shows dealing with death, increasingly common new methods of disposing of dead bodies, |
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