Title Life Sentences : the Modern Ordering of Mortality

Edition 2nd ed Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages) Contents Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Modern Ordering of Mortality -- 1 Thou Shalt Not Die Violently: Death and the Modern Problematic of Order -- 2 Thou Shalt Not Die Prematurely: The Political Economy of Death -- 3 Thou Shalt Not Kill Thyself: The De-moralization of Suicide -- 4 Thou Shalt Not Die an Undignified Death: The Discursive Constitution of Death with Dignity -- Conclusion: Thou Shalt Die an Orderly Death -- References -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W Summary Zohreh Bayatrizi examines the many concerted attempts from the last 350 years to strip death of its mystery, and to order, manage, and transform it from an individualized and fatalistic event to a social phenomenon that allows intervention Notes Print version record Subject Death -- Social aspects -- Western countries -- History Death -- Social aspects -- History Life and death, Power over -- Social aspects -- History Death -- Social aspects Western countries Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442688490 1442688491

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