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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793941303321

Autore

Hamer Felicity T. C.

Titolo

Parental grief and photographic remembrance : a historical account of undying love / / authored by Felicity T.C. Hamer (Concordia University, Canada)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-78769-323-6

1-78769-325-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 121 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Sharing Death Online

Disciplina

155.937

Soggetti

Parental grief

Social media - Psychological aspects

Postmortem photography

Psychology, Grief & Loss

Psychology: emotions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Something to remember them by  -- Chapter 1: In their image  -- Chapter 2: Photographic reunion  -- Chapter 3: Embellishing trace conclusion in loving memories.

Sommario/riassunto

Photographic portraits of those who have passed have the potential to become valuable sites of remembrance. Across North America and Western Europe, parents are increasingly unfamiliar with death; lacking the rituals and tools that have historically eased the bereavement process. This book shines a light on how semi-private social media groups enable the bereaved parents of today to navigate their grief in the modern world. The author explores how creative, and sometimes contested, incorporations of photography within these online spaces demonstrate a revival and renegotiation of historic practices. By shining a light on recurrent tendencies and their evolution within new media this book offers an opportunity to observe the complex relationships grief can prompt some individuals to form with the portraits of absent loved ones. As social networking sites continue to enable the



reinsertion of death within the social realm, the author looks ahead: might we begin to see a revival and increased openness towards end-of-life, post-mortem and funerary photography? As bereavement increasingly becomes something communicated in an online context, what new types of embellishments to the photographic portrait might we encounter?