Dying in Full Detail

In Dying in Full Detail Jennifer Malkowski explores digital medias impact on one of documentary films greatest taboos: the recording of death. Despite technological advances that allow for the easy creation and distribution of death footage, digital media often fail to live up to their promise to re...

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Malkowski, Jennifer
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Veröffentlicht:
Duke University Press 2017
Zusammenfassung:
In Dying in Full Detail Jennifer Malkowski explores digital medias impact on one of documentary films greatest taboos: the recording of death. Despite technological advances that allow for the easy creation and distribution of death footage, digital media often fail to live up to their promise to reveal the world in greater fidelity. Malkowski analyzes a wide range of death footage, from feature films about the terminally ill (Dying, Silverlake Life, Sick), to surreptitiously recorded suicides (The Bridge), to #BlackLivesMatter YouTube videos and their precursors. Contextualizing these recordings in the long history of attempts to capture the moment of death in American culture, Malkowski shows how digital media are unable to deliver death in full detail, as its metaphysical truth remains beyond representation
Umfang:
1 electronic resource (248 p.)
Anmerkungen:
English
ISBN:
9780822363002
9780822373414
Zugangseinschränkungen:
Open Access
Schlagworte:
Communication. Mass media
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