Men and Death in the West. Towards a New Interpretive Paradigm?
Up until recently, contemporary Western society seemed to voluntarily ignore death, wrapping itself in a silent cocoon. Death disappeared from the public discourse unless it was spectacularised and mediatised. While ‘true’ death receded from individual lives, ‘fake’ death was omnipresent – widesprea...
Main Author: | Andrea Salvatore Antonio Barbieri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Salerno
2020-06-01
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Series: | Culture e Studi del Sociale |
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Online Access: | http://www.cussoc.it/index.php/journal/article/view/119 |
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