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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