Concept information
Preferred term
popular culture and images of death
Definition
- Western society is normally described as a deathdenying culture; death is seldom discussed in an open, forthright manner. Rather, euphemisms for death and dying are employed, and the topic has been characterized as taboo or even pornographic by some observers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Popular Culture and Images of Death]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/popular_culture_and_images_of_death
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