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oapen-20.500.12657-317602021-11-04T14:07:36Z Dying in Full Detail Malkowski, Jennifer Media and Communications Suicide United States bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio In 'Dying in Full Detail' Jennifer Malkowski explores digital media's impact on one of documentary film's greatest taboos: the recording of death. Despite technological advances that allow for the easy creation and distribution of death footage, digital media often fail to live up to their promise to reveal the world in greater fidelity. Malkowski analyzes a wide range of death footage, from feature films about the terminally ill (Dying, Silverlake Life, Sick), to surreptitiously recorded suicides (The Bridge), to #BlackLivesMatter YouTube videos and their precursors. Contextualizing these recordings in the long history of attempts to capture the moment of death in American culture, Malkowski shows how digital media are unable to deliver death "in full detail," as its metaphysical truth remains beyond representation. 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:30 2020-04-01T13:48:34Z 2020-04-01T13:48:34Z 2017-03-02 book 625274 OCN: 968329205 9780822373414 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31760 eng application/pdf n/a 625274.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822373414 100284 10.1215/9780822373414 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822373414 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Durham NC 100284 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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In 'Dying in Full Detail' Jennifer Malkowski explores digital media's impact on one of documentary film's greatest taboos: the recording of death. Despite technological advances that allow for the easy creation and distribution of death footage, digital media often fail to live up to their promise to reveal the world in greater fidelity. Malkowski analyzes a wide range of death footage, from feature films about the terminally ill (Dying, Silverlake Life, Sick), to surreptitiously recorded suicides (The Bridge), to #BlackLivesMatter YouTube videos and their precursors. Contextualizing these recordings in the long history of attempts to capture the moment of death in American culture, Malkowski shows how digital media are unable to deliver death "in full detail," as its metaphysical truth remains beyond representation.
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