Mediated Death. Johanna Sumiala

      

CONTENTS

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Preface

      5  1 Mediating Death ‘Madness That Is Shared Is Not Madness’ The Problem of Mortality The Myth of Media Overcoming Death The Structure of the Book

      6  2 A Brief History of an Idea Early Spectacles of Death Envisioning Death Death in Hybrid Media

      7  3 The Event of Death Time of Death Events Spatial Endeavours Death Event as Ritual

      8  4 Rethinking Mourning Rituals Hybrid Grief in Social Media Networked Mourning Vernacular Sorrow

      9  5 Ritual Contestations Who Counts as an Ideal Victim? Vicarious Witnessing Livestreaming Death

      10  6 Rituals Connect and Separate Remembering Not to Forget Ritual Insensibility Whose Memories Matter? Multifaceted Connections

      11  7 The Quest for Post-Mortality Floating Death The Dilemma of Immortality ‘Who Wants to Live Forever?’

      12  Bibliography

      13  Index

      14  End User License Agreement

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Preface

      6  Begin Reading

      7  Bibliography

      8  Index

      9  End User License Agreement

       List of Illustrations

      1 PrefaceFigure 0.1 Covid-19 mural in Helsinki.

      2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 The funeral of President John F. Kennedy: The family in mourning.

      3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Manchester worker bee – a mourning symbol after the UK arena attack in 2017.Figure 4.2 ‘Je suis Charlie’ meme on Edward Munch’s ‘The Cry’.Figure 4.3 Street mural of David Bowie in Brixton, London.

      4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 The funeral of Margaret Thatcher.

      5 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 The death of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter movement meme.

      6 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 The death of Diego Maradona. ‘The old Maradona’.

      Pages

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      4  ix

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