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Photography and death [electronic resource] : framing death throughout history / Racheal Harris

Author
Harris, Racheal
Published
Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
ix, 190 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Contents
Romance : post-mortem photography -- Anonymity : war photography -- Continuance : spirit photography -- Violence : the lynching photograph -- Ownership : celebrity death -- Science : forensic photography -- Conclusion : future living through death images.
Summary
"Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in celebrity death images and forensic photography."
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ISBN
9781839090486 (paperback)
9781839090455 (online)
9781839090479 (epub)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index.
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