Photography and death : framing death throughout history / authored by Racheal Harris (Deakin University, Australia).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Racheal, author.

Series:

Emerald studies in death and culture.

Emerald studies in death and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmortem photography--Psychological aspects.

Postmortem photography.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

Examining a spectrum of post-mortem images, this volume considers what death photography communicates about attitudes related to dying, mourning and the afterlife. Focusing on American examples, topics are discussed alongside contemporary representations of death, as seen in celebrity death images and forensic photography.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of Images

Acknowledgements

Introduction-Death and Post-mortem Photography in History

Chapter 1-Romance: Post-mortem Photography

1.1 Alternatives to Pre- and Post-mortem Portraiture

1.2 The Good Death

1.3 Composition of the Death and Near-death Image

1.4 The Imitation of Life

1.5 Post-mortem Coffin Images

1.6. Counter Narratives

1.7. Other Uses for Death Photography

1.8. Conclusion

Chapter 2-Anonymity: War Photography

2.1. Photojournalism and Death

2.2. Photographing the Dead: The Battlefield

2.3. Interacting with the Dead: Mass Production of Images

2.4. Later War Images

2.5. World War I

2.6. World War II

2.7. Embalming the Dead: Preservation of Soldiers

2.8. Conclusion

Chapter 3-Continuance: Spirit Photography

3.1. Spirit Images and Spiritualism

3.2. The Relationship between War and Spiritualism

3.3. Composition of the Spirit Image

3.4. William Mumler

3.5. Séance Photographs

3.6. Conclusion

Pictorial Inserts

Chapter 4-Violence: The Lynching Photograph

4.1. OWNERSHIP OF THE BODY AND THE LYNCHING IMAGE

4.2. Lynching and Race

4.3. Lynching and Segregation

4.4. Lynching Images

4.5. History and Contemporary Guilt

4.6. Historical Evidence and the Death Narrative

4.7. The Audience Within

4.8. The Audience Without

4.9. Conclusion

Chapter 5-Ownership: Celebrity Death

5.1. Ownership of the Celebrity Body

5.2. Body Removal

5.3. Scene of the Crime

5.4. Suicide and Autopsy Photographs

5.5. Kurt Cobain

5.6. Tupac

5.7. THE IMAGE AS KEEPSAKE

5.8. Celebrity Grave Sites

5.9. Conclusion

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781839090479

1839090472

9781839090455

1839090456