Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century
(Part of the Material Worlds Series)
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For millennia, the rituals of death and remembrance have been fixed by time and location, but in the twenty-first century, grieving has become a virtual phenomenon. Today, the dead live on through social media profiles, memorial websites, and saved voicemails that can be accessed at any time. This dramatic cultural shift has made the physical presence of death secondary to the psychological experience of mourning. Virtual Afterlives investigates emerging...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813145414
ISBN13:9780813145419
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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