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Photography and death : framing death throughout history / Racheal Harris

Author
Harris, Racheal
Published
Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : illustrations
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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: Futute Living through Death Images -- References -- Index
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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1839090472 (ebook)
9781839090479 (ebook)
1839090480
9781839090486
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