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1、Thisbookhauntsuswithmoreandmoreabouthowpeoplelivewithdeath.Inmodernlifetherearetheseendlessquestionsthatareexploredhere.Issuesofanticipation,ofbereavement,orhandlingofthedeadbody,oflivingwithitsirrevocablefactofmortality.Asweponderwhathappensbefore,during,andafte
2、rdeath;thisbookhelpsustodothatinarich,highlydetailedway.SidneyJ.Levy,Professor,UniversityofArizona,USADeathisn’twhatitusedtobe.Theimmortalitysoughtbytranshumanistsmaynotbenew,buttheirtechnologiesare.LatterdayCartesiansmaynewlyattempttoseparatemindandbody,butissue
3、sregardingtheformervessel,grief,andmemorializationofthespiritremain.Internetimmortality,environmentalism,andmodernmedicinealsoaltertheconcernsandpossibilities.Thisimportantvolumepitseverlastingquestionsagainstnewtechniquesfortreatingandunderstandingdeath.RussellB
4、elk,Professor,YorkUniversity,CanadaDeathcomesbrilliantlytolifeinthisvolumeofinsightfulresearch.Fromdarktourism,onlinememorials,andcoffineroticatoeco-funerals,celebritydeaths,corpsecarnivalism,andmore,Dobscha’sDeathinaConsumerCultureprovidesastartlingandvaluablene
5、wviewabouthowourcultureofmarkets,media,andmoneyinterrelateswiththerealityandthelongshadowofdeath.RobertKozinets,Professor,YorkUniversity,CanadaThislivelybookprovidesstimulatingnewperspectivesondeath,andshouldgenerateproductivethinkingabouthowdeathanddyingarecentr
6、alpartsofthemarketplace.Theinternationalcastofcontributorsoffersbothpracticalandtheoreticalinsightsintoaspiritedrangeofdeath-relatedtopicsthatcreativelyreframesdeathasaconsumerandmarketpractice.JonathanSchroeder,WilliamA.Kern,Professor,RochesterInstituteofTechnol
7、ogy,NewYork,USADeathinaConsumerCultureDeathhasneverbeenmorevisibletoconsumers.Fromlifeinsurancetoburialplotstoestateplanning,weareconstantlyremindedofconsumerchoicestobemadewithourmortalityinmind.Religiousbeliefsintheafterlife(ortheirabsence)impacteverydayconsump
8、tionactivities.DeathinaConsumerCulturepresentsthebroadestarrayofresearchonthetopicofdeathandconsumerbehaviouracrossdisciplinaryboundaries.Organizedintofivesect
