Death in documentaries : the Memento Mori experience /

Memento mori is a broad and understudied cultural phenomenon and experience. The term "memento mori" is a Latin injunction that means "remember mortality," or more directly, "remember that you must die." In art and cultural history, memento mori appears widely, especial...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Bennett-Carpenter, Benjamin.

التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني

اللغة: English

منشور في: Leiden : Brill Rodopi. c2018.

سلاسل: Value Inquiry Book Series 306.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

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رقم الطلب: HQ1073 .B46 2018

جدول المحتويات:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Memento Mori in Art and Literature
  • Charles and Ray Eames's Powers of Ten as Memento Mori
  • Memento Mori as "Consciousness of Mortality" and as a Cultural Phenomenon
  • Ethical Memento Mori: Wim Wenders's Notebook on Cities and Clothes
  • Documentaries as Contemporary Memento Mori
  • Quintessential Memento Mori Experience: Derek Jarman's Blue
  • Personal Memento Mori: The Iconic 9/11 Footage and the Threat of Death
  • Conclusion and Future Prospects.