The Power of Death: Contemporary Reflections on Death in Western Society

by Ricarda Vidal (Editor), Maria-José Blanco (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $157.57

  The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives.