Museums and mortality

This article applies the idea that culture is a response to human awareness of mortality to museums through the lens of two contrasting approaches to understanding death and dying: Terror management theory (TMT), based on the work of Ernest Becker; and The Social History of Dying by Allan Kellehear....

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Published in:Material religion
Main Author: O'Neill, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2012]
In: Material religion
Further subjects:B Terror Management Theory
B Immortality
B Death
B Museums
B Dying
B Culture
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