Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture (eBook)

This book responds to a growing interest in death, dying and the dead within and beyond the field of death studies. The collection defines an understanding of 'difficult death' and examines the differences between death, dying and the dead, as well as exploring the ethical challenges of researching death in mediated form. The collection is attendant to the ways in which difficult deaths are imbricated in power structures both before and after they become mediatised in culture. As such, the work navigates the many political and social complexities and inequalities ­- what might be deemed the difficulties - of death, dying and the dead. The book seeks to expand understandings of the difficulty of death in media and culture through a wide range of chapters from different contexts focused on literature, film, television, and in online environments, as well as several chapters examining news reportage of difficult deaths. 

Sharon Coleclough is Senior Lecturer in Film and Game Audio at Staffordshire University, UK. Her work focusses on representation and meaning through technical craft and narrative across media. 

Bethan Michael-Fox works for the Open University, UK teaching a range of interdisciplinary humanities and English literature modules. Bethan is co-host of The Death Studies Podcast. 

Renske Visser is medical anthropologist and death studies scholar living in Helsinki, Finland. Renske is co-host of The Death Studies Podcast.