Death comes alive; technology and the re-conception of death

Argues that the US culture's current focus on death is tied to the current technological environment that has blurred the boundaries between life & death, allowing concerns with death to freely enter the realm of the living. Drawing on popular cultural discourses, it is shown that technolog...

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Published in:Science as culture 1997-01, Vol.6 (3), p.444-466
Main Authors: Cerulo, Karen A., Ruane, Janet M.
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Death Attitudes
Popular Culture
Technological Change
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United States of America
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