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Death on Demand - Jack Kevorkian and the Right-to-Die Movement
von Michael Decesare
2015 Gebunden, 248 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 19mm, Sprache(n): eng Death on Demand explores the polarizing role of Jack Kevorkian-"Dr. Death"-as the most visible leader of the right-to-die movement. From a feature on the cover of Time magazine to interviews on shows like 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was…
The Book Against Death
von Elias Canetti, Peter Filkins
Vorbestellbar - erscheint am 06.06.2024 Kartoniert, 352 Seiten, 197mm x 121mm, Sprache(n): eng The Book Against Death is the work of a lifetime: a collection of Canetti's aphorisms, diatribes, musings and commentaries on and against death - published in English for the first time since his death in 1994 - interposed with material fro…
Mortality's Muse - The Fine Art of Dying
von D. T. Siebert
2015 Kartoniert, 154 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 9mm, Sprache(n): eng The inevitability of death-that of others and our own-is surely among our greatest anxieties. Mortality's Muse: The Fine Art of Dying explores how art, mainly literary art, addresses that troubling reality. While religion and phil…
Mortality's Muse - The Fine Art of Dying
von D. T. Siebert
2013 Gebunden, 154 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng The inevitability of death-that of others and our own-is surely among our greatest anxieties. Mortality's Muse: The Fine Art of Dying explores how art, mainly literary art, addresses that troubling reality. While religion and philo…
Corpse Encounters - An Aesthetics of Death
von Jacqueline Elam, Chase Pielak
2018 Gebunden, 206 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 17mm, Sprache(n): eng This book takes a critical glance at the ways in which we attend to the corpse, tracing a trajectory from encounter toward considering options for disposal: veneered mortuary internment, green burial and its attendant rot, crematio…
Animal Death
2013 Kartoniert, 348 Seiten, 210mm x 148mm x 19mm, Sprache(n): eng Animal death is a complex, uncomfortable, depressing, motivating and sensitive topic. For those scholars participating in Human-Animal Studies, it is - accompanied by the concept of 'life' - the ground upon which their studies co…
Living Death in Early Modern Drama
von James Alsop
Vorbestellbar - erscheint am 08.07.2024 Gebunden, 280 Seiten, 234mm x 156mm This book explores historical, socio-political and metatheatrical readings of a whole host of dying bodies and risen corpses, each part of a long tradition of living death on stage.James Alsop is an independent researcher and educator based in Exeter, Devon.
Dearest Brother - A memoir of suicide and sibling rivalry
von Andrew Bethell
2021 Kartoniert, 408 Seiten, 198mm x 129mm x 24mm, Sprache(n): eng Dearest Brother is a gripping memoir that follows the author's quest to re-discover the brother he lost through suicide in 1980. After thirty years of anger and guilt that caused him to suppress and deny his brother and his short…
Jahrbuch für Tod und Gesellschaft 2024
Verlag: Juventa Verlag GmbH
2024 Kartoniert, 245 Seiten, 228mm x 147mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): ger Auseinandersetzungen mit Sterben, Tod und Trauer sind gesellschaftlich von permanenter Relevanz. Theoretische Zugänge und empirische Analysen zu diesem Themenfeld finden im Jahrbuch für Tod und Gesellschaft ein interdisziplinäres…
Beyond Death
von Benak
2024 Kartoniert, 154 Seiten, 216mm x 140mm x 9mm, Sprache(n): eng " Beyond Death: Living a Meaningful Life " by Benak is a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted aspects of death, addressing its philosophical, spiritual, and practical dimensions. The book delves into the challenges and op…