1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792454703321

Titolo

Speaking of death [[electronic resource] ] : America's new sense of mortality / / edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2009

ISBN

1-282-48632-2

9786612486326

0-313-36427-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Psychology, religion, and spirituality, , 1546-8070

Altri autori (Persone)

BartalosMichael K

Disciplina

306.90973

Soggetti

Death - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume spotlights America's new mortality awareness since 9/11, 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,

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789250803321

Titolo

Descriptive catalogue of materials relating to the history of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume II From A. D. 1066 to A. D. 1200 : to the end of the reign of Henry VII / / edited by Thomas Duffus Hardy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Ontario : , : TannerRitchie Publishing in collaboration with the Library and Information Services of the University of St. Andrews, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-55493-707-8

Edizione

[Searchable text edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (712 p.)

Collana

Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores

Disciplina

016.914203

Soggetti

Great Britain History Bibliography

Great Britain Bibliography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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