Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century

For millennia, the rituals of death and remembrance have been fixed by time and location, but in the twenty-first century, grieving has become a virtual phenomenon. Today, the dead live on through social media profiles, memorial websites, and saved voicemails that can be accessed at any time. This dramatic cultural shift has made the physical presence of death secondary to the psychological experience of mourning. Virtual Afterlives investigates emerging popular bereavement traditions. Author C

Author: Candi K. Cann
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/19/2015
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9780813168326
ISBN10: 0813168325
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions

About the Author

Candi K. Cann is assistant professor of religion in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core at Baylor University. She specializes in comparative religion, death, and bereavement and is the author of The World Religions: Essential Readings and Handbook.

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