02738oam 22006254a 450 991046354680332120210111112503.00-8131-4543-00-8131-4549-X(CKB)2670000000560421(EBL)1693951(SSID)ssj0001225660(PQKBManifestationID)11657598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225660(PQKBWorkID)11269951(PQKB)11526877(StDuBDS)EDZ0000862413(OCoLC)880580305(MdBmJHUP)muse32406(MiAaPQ)EBC1693951(EXLCZ)99267000000056042120140214d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVirtual Afterlives[electronic resource] Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century /Candi K. CannLexington, Kentucky University Press of Kentucky[2014]1 online resource (213 p.)Material WorldsDescription based upon print version of record.1-306-82753-1 0-8131-4541-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Bodiless Memorial; 2. Wearing the Dead; 3. Moving the Dead; 4. Speaking to the Dead; 5. Grieving the Dead in Alternative Spaces; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Bibliography; IndexFor millennia, the rituals of death and remembrance have been fixed by time and location, but in the twenty-first century, grieving has become a virtual phenomenon. Today, the dead live on through social media profiles, memorial websites, and saved voicemails that can be accessed at any time. This dramatic cultural shift has made the physical presence of death secondary to the psychological experience of mourning.Virtual Afterlives investigates emerging popular bereavement traditions. Author Candi K. Cann examines new forms of grieving and evaluates how religion and the funeral indusMaterial WorldsInternetSocial aspectsBereavementSocial aspectsDeathSocial aspectsMemorializationSocial aspectsElectronic books. InternetSocial aspects.BereavementSocial aspects.DeathSocial aspects.MemorializationSocial aspects.393Cann Candi K1048336MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910463546803321Virtual Afterlives2476580UNINA