The Social Construction of Death

Arnar Árnason, University of Aberdeen, UK Daniel Ashton, Bath Spa University, UK Nico Carpentier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State University, USA Joachim Cohen, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgium John Cromby, Loughborough University, UK Margaret Gibson, Griffith University, Australia Jason Glynos, University of Essex, UK Glennys Howarth, Plymouth University, UK Jenny Kitzinger, Chronic Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre, UK Celia Kitzinger, Chronic Disorders of Consciousness Research Centre, UK Linda Liska Belgrave, University of Miami, USA Fran McInerney, Australian Catholic University and Mercy Health, Melbourne, Australia Adele Phillips, Birmingham University UK Leen Van Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Tina Weber, Technical University Berlin, Germany

Introduction; Leen Van Brussel And Nico Carpentier 1. A Discourse-Theoretical Approach To Death And Dying; Leen Van Brussel 2. Studying Illness And Dying Through Constructivist Grounded Theory; Linda Liska Belgrave And Kathy Charmaz 3. Feeling Bodies: Analysing The Unspeakability Of Death; John Cromby And Adele Phillips 4. Representations Of Corpses In Comtemporary Television; Tina Weber 5. Ladies' Choice? Requested Death In Film; Fran Mcinerney 6. The Expertise Of Illness: Celebrity Constructions And Public Understandings; Daniel Ashton 7. Death, Fantasy, And The Ethics Of Mourning; Jason Glynos 8. Ethics, Killing And Dying: The Discursive Struggle Between Ethics Of War And Peace Models In The Cypriot Independence War Of 1955-1959; Nico Carpentier 9. On The Deathly Construction Of Society; Arnar Árnason 10. From Theft To Donation: Dissection, Organ Donation And Collective Memory; Glennys Howarth 11. Digital Objects Of The Dead: Negotiating Electronic Remains; Margart Gibson 12. 'ThisIn-Between': How Families Talk About Death In Relation To Severe Brain Injury And Disorders Of Consciousness; Celia Kitzinger And Jenny Kitzinger OPEN Afterword