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Drop Dead Gorgeous
Tina Weber
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Description for Drop Dead Gorgeous
Paperback. Analyzes representations of corpses on TV through cultural, sociological, and historical lenses, providing pictorial and film analysis using interviews with producers, make-up artists, and coroners. Num Pages: 267 pages, 60 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Previously only ever witnessed, briefly, at the scene of their demise, corpses have become a central part of many popular American television shows in the twenty-first century. From Autopsy to Six Feet Under, extended portrayals of dead bodies - in the morgue, in the embalming room, or in pathology - now confront viewers, eliciting not only anxiety but also fascination. Shedding new light on the media's ideals of beauty and the body, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" analyzes representations of corpses on TV through cultural, sociological, and historical lenses, providing detailed pictorial and film analysis using interviews with producers, make-up artists, and ... Read more
Previously only ever witnessed, briefly, at the scene of their demise, corpses have become a central part of many popular American television shows in the twenty-first century. From Autopsy to Six Feet Under, extended portrayals of dead bodies - in the morgue, in the embalming room, or in pathology - now confront viewers, eliciting not only anxiety but also fascination. Shedding new light on the media's ideals of beauty and the body, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" analyzes representations of corpses on TV through cultural, sociological, and historical lenses, providing detailed pictorial and film analysis using interviews with producers, make-up artists, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593395074
SKU
V9783593395074
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About Tina Weber
Tina Weber is a research assistant at the Technical University of Berlin.
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