The Contemporary Deathbed The Ultimate Rush |
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| Author:
| Tercier, John Anthony
Tercier, John |
| Series title: | Language, Discourse, Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4039-4628-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $170.95 |
Book Description:
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How do we picture ourselves dying? A 'death with dignity', the darkened room, and a few murmured farewells? Or in the lights' flashing, siren wailing, chest-pumping maelstrom of the back of an ambulance hurtling towards an ER? Over the last decade, the two most robust vehicles of popular culture: film and television, have opted for the latter scenario. This book examines the hi-tech death of the twenty-first century as enacted in our hospitals and as portrayed on our TV screens.
How do we picture ourselves dying? A 'death with dignity', the darkened room, and a few murmured farewells? Or in the lights' flashing, siren wailing, chest-pumping maelstrom of the back of an ambulance hurtling towards an ER? Over the last decade, the two most robust vehicles of popular culture: film and television, have opted for the latter scenario. This book examines the hi-tech death of the twenty-first century as enacted in our hospitals and as portrayed on our TV screens.