{"product_id":"death-in-the-21st-century-a-companion-paperback","title":"Death in the 21st Century: A Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatarzyna Bronk-Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSimon Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, death has become an all too familiar feature of the early 2020s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 21st century has in fact produced a singular historical moment with its unique intersection of popular politics, environmental extremes, globalisation and technological innovation, which has correspondingly created distinctive expressions of death, as well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis companion reveals our visions of death in the 21st century and what they say about us and the times we live in. Organised into sections on the war on terror, technology, climate change, extremism and global pandemics, the short, reader-friendly essays in this volume highlight crucial encounters with death in the contemporary period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatarzyna Bronk-Bacon\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. In her research, she has explored representations of ageing and old age, as well as the notions of memory and nostalgia within literary gerontology. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eAutumnal Faces \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and \u003ci\u003e«Experienc'd Age knows what for Youth is fit»?\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and author of «\u003ci\u003eAnd Yet I Remember\u003c\/i\u003e» (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Bacon has written and edited over 30 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropocene and the Undead \u003c\/i\u003e(2022), \u003ci\u003eNosferatu in the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), \u003ci\u003e1000 Vampires on Screen Vols 1 \u0026amp; 2 \u003c\/i\u003e(2023) and \u003ci\u003eThe Palgrave Handbook of the Vampire \u003c\/i\u003e(2024). He is the Series Editor for \u003ci\u003eGenre Fiction and Film Companions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVampire Studies: New Perspectives on the Undead \u003c\/i\u003ewith Peter Lang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314727981293,"sku":"9781800796744","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/jj2RSGbeZZ9781800796744.webp?v=1784666608","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/death-in-the-21st-century-a-companion-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}