Photography and death : framing death throughout history / authored by Racheal Harris (Deakin University, Australia).
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TextSeries: Emerald studies in death and culturePublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, Description: 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations ; cmISBN: 9781839090479Subject(s): Postmortem photography -- Psychological aspects | Death -- Psychological aspects | Photography, Subjects & Themes -- General | Special kinds of photographyAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 770 LOC classification: TR681.D43 | P46 2020Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Images -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction-Death and Post-mortem Photography in History -- Chapter 1-Romance: Post-mortem Photography -- 1.1 Alternatives to Pre- and Post-mortem Portraiture -- 1.2 The Good Death -- 1.3 Composition of the Death and Near-death Image -- 1.4 The Imitation of Life -- 1.5 Post-mortem Coffin Images -- 1.6. Counter Narratives -- 1.7. Other Uses for Death Photography -- 1.8. Conclusion -- Chapter 2-Anonymity: War Photography
2.1. Photojournalism and Death -- 2.2. Photographing the Dead: The Battlefield -- 2.3. Interacting with the Dead: Mass Production of Images -- 2.4. Later War Images -- 2.5. World War I -- 2.6. World War II -- 2.7. Embalming the Dead: Preservation of Soldiers -- 2.8. Conclusion -- Chapter 3-Continuance: Spirit Photography -- 3.1. Spirit Images and Spiritualism -- 3.2. The Relationship between War and Spiritualism -- 3.3. Composition of the Spirit Image -- 3.4. William Mumler -- 3.5. Séance Photographs -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Pictorial Inserts -- Chapter 4-Violence: The Lynching Photograph
4.1. OWNERSHIP OF THE BODY AND THE LYNCHING IMAGE -- 4.2. Lynching and Race -- 4.3. Lynching and Segregation -- 4.4. Lynching Images -- 4.5. History and Contemporary Guilt -- 4.6. Historical Evidence and the Death Narrative -- 4.7. The Audience Within -- 4.8. The Audience Without -- 4.9. Conclusion -- Chapter 5-Ownership: Celebrity Death -- 5.1. Ownership of the Celebrity Body -- 5.2. Body Removal -- 5.3. Scene of the Crime -- 5.4. Suicide and Autopsy Photographs -- 5.5. Kurt Cobain -- 5.6. Tupac -- 5.7. THE IMAGE AS KEEPSAKE -- 5.8. Celebrity Grave Sites -- 5.9. Conclusion
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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