{"product_id":"the-age-of-spectacular-death-paperback","title":"The Age of Spectacular Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Hviid Jacobsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores death in contemporary society - or more precisely, in the 'spectacular age' - by moving beyond classic studies of death that emphasised the importance of the death taboo and death denial to examine how we now 'do' death. Unfolding the notion of 'spectacular death' as characteristic of our modern approach to death and dying, it considers the new mediation or mediatisation of death and dying; the commercialisation of death as a 'marketable commodity' used to sell products, advance artistic expression or provoke curiosity; the re-ritualisation of death and the growth of new ways of finding meaning through commemorating the dead; the revolution of palliative care; and the specialisation surrounding death, particularly in relation to scholarship. Presenting a range of case studies that shed light on this new understanding of death in contemporary culture, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Spectacular Death\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology and anthropology with interests in death and dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Hviid Jacobsen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Crime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePostmortal Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Contemporary Goffman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCritical and Cultural Interactionism\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEncountering the Everyday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Transformation of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUtopia: Social Theory and the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiquid Criminology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Imaginative Methodologies: The Poetic Imagination in the Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTowards a Criminology of Emotions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExploring Grief: Towards and Sociology of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath in Contemporary Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52516846108979,"sku":"9780367368272","price":97.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/blFTLzlKNFBpUTg3eCtLTDVycG5rQT09.webp?v=1760435917","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-age-of-spectacular-death-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}