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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > death in culture > popular culture and images of death
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > death in culture > popular culture and images of death
... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > death in culture > popular culture and images of death
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > death in culture > popular culture and images of death

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popular culture and images of death  

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  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-D0RGL10X-7

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