Speaking of death [[electronic resource] ] : America's new sense of mortality / / edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.90973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Death - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BartalosMichael K
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| 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, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Speaking of death |
| ISBN: | 1-282-48632-2 |
| 9786612486326 | |
| 0-313-36427-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459649403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Psychology, religion, and spirituality.