{"product_id":"9781137583277","title":"Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife: When is Death?","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife: When is Death?\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMcCorristine, Shane\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides a series of illuminating perspectives on the timings of death, through in-depth studies of Shakespearean tragedy, criminal execution, embalming practices, fears of premature burial, rumours of Adolf Hitler’s survival, and the legal concept of brain death. In doing so, it explores a number of questions, including: how do we know if someone is dead or not? What do people experience at the moment when they die? Is death simply a biological event that comes about in temporal stages of decomposition, or is it a social event defined through cultures, practices, and commemorations? In other words, when exactly is death? Taken together, these contributions explore how death emerges in a series of stages that are uncertain, paradoxical, and socially contested.   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-10-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137583277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-58328-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 167\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752460513420,"sku":"9781137583277","price":27.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137583277.jpg?v=1773283723","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137583277","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}