Death's Showcase
Author: Ariella Azoulay
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780262511339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn interdisciplinary exploration of the visual presence of death in contemporary culture.
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Author: Ariella Azoulay
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780262511339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn interdisciplinary exploration of the visual presence of death in contemporary culture.
Author: Monty
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2018-06-06
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1532050674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe plot thickens as Jill and her friends must collect evidence in order to reveal the true concept behind the mystery of the Faces of Death murders, which will put a spin on things as the mystery unfolds.
Author: Dr. Vidhu P. Nair
Publisher: OrangeBooks Publication
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 135
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his first book, he's inviting you to join him on a unique journey, as he spills the beans (or should we say, coffee beans? - well, literally too.) on the vital principles that have steered his course – a voyage that began with a spark of curiosity in technology and led him to the creation of soul-stirring content that has touched lives across continents.
Author: Arjun Manjeri Seshadri
Publisher: Notion Press
Published:
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stefan Timmermans
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007-04-15
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 0226803996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs elected coroners were replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations showcased on highly rated television shows like CSI to the bestselling mysteries that revolve around forensic science, medical examiners have never been so visible--or compelling. They, and they alone, solve the riddle of suspicious death and the existential questions that come with it. Why did someone die? Could it have been prevented? Should someone be held accountable? What are the implications of ruling a death a suicide, a homicide, or an accident? Can medical examiners unmask the perfect crime? Postmortem goes deep inside the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of social, legal, and moral issues in which they operate. Stefan Timmermans spent years in a medical examiner's office following cases, interviewing examiners, and watching autopsies. While he relates fascinating cases here, he is also more broadly interested in the cultural authority and responsibilities that come with being a medical examiner. How medical examiners speak to the living on behalf of the dead is Timmermans's subject, revealed here in the day-to-day lives of the examiners themselves. "Postmortem is a wake-up call to forensic pathology. . . .This book should be viewed as provocative, rather than threatening, and should be a stimulus for important discussions and action by the forensic pathology community."--Journal of the American Medical Association
Author: James Ker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 0199959692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured death scenes from classical antiquity. Here, James Ker offers a comprehensive cultural history of Seneca's death scene, situating it in the Roman imagination and tracing its many subsequent interpretations.
Author: Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-09-08
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 1000171973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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, The Age of Spectacular Death will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology and anthropology with interests in death and dying.
Author: C. E. Albertson
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2003-01-27
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0595260292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBooze, babes, and bullets follow recovery of stolen diamonds, as an American agent attempts to stay alive while sandwiched between the Russian Mafia and a Colombian drug cartel, attempting to combine diamonds and drugs. If you enjoyed Death By Design, you will like The Red God, a foreign intrigue thriller set in the Middle East, or The Mummy's Curse, a story of Nazi gold haunted by the supernatural, also by C. E. Albertson.
Author: Jonathan M. Weber
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2019-04-01
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 0803284667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLate nineteenth-century Mexico was a country rife with health problems. In 1876, one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time, which saw more modest premature death rates of one out of fifty-two (London), one out of forty-four (Paris), and one out of thirty-five (Madrid). It is not an exaggeration to maintain that each day dozens of bodies could be found scattered throughout the streets of Mexico City, making the capital city one of the most unsanitary places in the Western Hemisphere. In light of such startling scenes, in Death Is All around Us Jonathan M. Weber examines how Mexican state officials, including President Porfirio Díaz, tried to resolve the public health dilemmas facing the city. By reducing the high mortality rate, state officials believed that Mexico City would be seen as a more modern and viable capital in North America. To this end the government used new forms of technology and scientific knowledge to deal with the thousands of unidentified and unburied corpses found in hospital morgues and cemeteries and on the streets. Tackling the central question of how the government used the latest technological and scientific advancements to persuade citizens and foreigners alike that the capital city—and thus Mexico as a whole—was capable of resolving the hygienic issues plaguing the city, Weber explores how the state’s attempts to exert control over procedures of death and burial became a powerful weapon for controlling the behavior of its citizens.
Author: Hailey Lind
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007-07-03
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1440619182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince she went straight, Annie Kincaid’s been applying her genius for fine art forgery to her own faux finishing business in San Francisco. She hasn’t seen the inside of a jail cell since she was seventeen, although sometimes it takes all of her arts—fine or otherwise—to keep it that way… Annie knows that art security can be inadequate, but it’s crazy to think that an Old Master painting could be hanging unguarded in the local columbarium where she’s doing restoration work. Still, when she gets a tip that the chapel’s copy of Raphael’s exquisite La Fornarina might be the real thing, Annie has to take a look. And when she runs into a certain sexy art thief on the premises, alarm bells go off in her head as well as her heart. Tired of being an art world pariah, Annie hopes that if she can help return the masterpiece to Italy, she’ll finally be redeemed. But when murder enters the picture, Annie realizes that it won’t be so easy to put things at the cemetery to rest… INCLUDES ART TIPS!