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Routledge - Death in Contemporary Popular Culture Book

Name: Routledge - Death in Contemporary Popular Culture Book
Brand: Routledge
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Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

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Explore the evolving relationship between media and mortality with Death in Contemporary Popular Culture. As intense and violent portrayals of death become more frequent in television, cinema, and music, this book examines why thanatic themes have gained such a wide and enthusiastic global reception. This text investigates whether the rise of death-centric movies, series, and video clips suggests that death has ceased to be a taboo subject. It looks at the motivations behind our fascination with the macabre and explores if representations of gore serve to perpetuate or sublimate violent desires. Readers will find deep analysis regarding how contemporary popular culture affects our unease with mortality. The book also asks whether modern tools like social media can help us cope with death, or if art and music provide a different way to process our end. This is an essential read for those interested in the cultural politics of media and the way modern society views the end of life.

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Examines the rise of death-centric themes in modern television and cinema.

Analyzes why macabre and gore-filled media attracts a global audience.

Investigates whether popular culture has reduced our natural unease with death.

Explores the role of social media in helping people cope with mortality.

Studies the impact of music and art on our perception of death.

Provides a deep look into the cultural politics of contemporary media.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0367185857
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Medicine > Medical Sciences A-Z > Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 02 December 2019
Listed Since: 17 September 2019

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