Speaking of death : America's new sense of mortality / edited by Michael K. Bartalos ; foreword by Robert Belknap.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartalos, Michael K.

Series:

Psychology, religion, and spirituality

Psychology, religion, and spirituality, 1546-8070

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--United States.

Death.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 321 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.

Contents:

Foreword / by Robert Belknap

Preface: Facing our mortality

Introduction: The age of encounter : the new reality

Part I: Manifestations of mortality awareness

From concealment to recognition : the discourse on death, dying, and grief / Christina Staudt

Cancer patients facing death : is the patient who focuses on living in denial of his/her death? / Sherry R. Schachter

The afterlife in modern America / Alan F. Segal

Life extension : proponents, opponents, and the social impact of the defeat of death / Kevin T. Keith

Covering (up?) death : a close reading of Time magazine's September 11, 2001, special issue / Christina Staudt

Part II: From awareness to acceptance

Acceptance of mortality : what is confirmed, what is denied / Michael K. Bartalos

Death, terror, culture, and violence : a psychoanalytic perspective / Jerry S. Piven

When the time is ripe for acceptance : dying, with a small "d" / Thomas A. Caffrey

Alive and content : the art of living with mortality awareness / Michael K. Bartalos

Part III: Societal aspects of the acceptance of dying

Coping with mortality : a societal perspective / Michael K. Bartalos

The quest for permanence : scientific visions of surviving the eventual demise of our universe / Michael K. Bartalos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313364266

0313364265

OCLC:

233543974