{"product_id":"interfacing-death-by-sam-han-9781138214095","title":"(Inter)Facing Death","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn modern times, death is understood to have undergone a transformation not unlike religion. Whereas in the past it was out in the open, it now resides mostly in specialised spaces of sequestration—funeral homes, hospitals and other medical facilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mainstay in so-called traditional societies in the form of ritual practices, death was usually messy but meaningful, with the questions of what happens to the dead or where they go lying at the heart of traditional culture and religion. In modernity, however, we are said to have effectively sanitised it, embalmed it and packaged it—but it seems that death is back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the current era marked by economic, political and social uncertainty, we see it on television, on the Internet; we see it almost everywhere. \u003cem\u003e(Inter)Facing Death\u003c\/em\u003e analyses the nexus of death and digital culture in the contemporary moment in the context of recent developments in social, cultural and political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt argues that death today can be thought of as \"interfaced,\" that is, mediated and expressed, in various aspects of contemporary life rather than put to the side or overcome, as many narratives of modernity have suggested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmploying concepts from anthropology, sociology, media studies and communications, \u003cem\u003e(Inter)Facing Death\u003c\/em\u003e examines diverse phenomena where death and digital culture meet, including art, online suicide pacts, the mourning of celebrity deaths, terrorist beheadings and selfies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProviding new lines of thinking about one of the oldest questions facing the human and social sciences, this book will appeal to scholars and students of social and political theory, anthropology, sociology and cultural and media studies with interests in death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606259122412,"sku":"9781138214095","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138214095-inter-facing-death.jpg?v=1778148893","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/interfacing-death-by-sam-han-9781138214095","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}