1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965616303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2008

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798216017356

9786612486326

9781282486324

1282486322

9780313364273

0313364273

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.

UNINA9910892840203321

Titolo

Journal of the Communications Research Laboratory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, Japan, : Communications Research Laboratory, [1988]-2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

621.382

Soggetti

Telecommunication - Research

Radio meteorology - Research

Artificial satellites in telecommunication

Telecommunication - Research - Japan

Periodicals.

Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from cover.