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Representations of Childhood Death

Representations of Childhood Death

Hardcover

Death & DyingWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0312224087
ISBN13: 9780312224080
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 4 2000
Pages: 246
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.85
Language: English
Recent events such as the massacres in Dunblane and Arkansas, the deaths of children in terrorist attacks, civil wars and famines, children born with AIDS, and the many abductions and murders of children - including some by children - have placed childhood death firmly in the public consciousness. But how do we understand what it means for a child to die? This book examines the way the deaths of children have been dealt with at different times and in different media. Each contributor has focused on a different way of representing the deaths of children - from superstitions about malign child ghosts through mothers' diaries to horror fiction - and more.

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