Ebook: Corpse encounters: an aesthetics of death

This book takes a critical glance at the ritualized practices of death-corpse preparation, disposal, and aesthetic representation-and examines the workings of aesthetics that shape corpses, as well as the ways in which corpses spill over, resisting aestheticization.;Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Preparations; Chapter Two: Only Half in Love; Chapter Three: The Green Corpse and Beckett's Trilogy; Chapter Four: The Phoenix and the Corpse; Chapter Five: Museums, Mummies, and The Jewel of Seven Stars; Chapter Six: Corpse Consumption; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors