Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Capturing the "Moment": Photography, Film, and Death's Elusive
Duration 23
2. The Art of Dying, On Video: Deathbed Documentaries 67
3. " A Negative Pleasure": Suicide's Digital Sublimity
109
4. Streaming Death: The Politics of Dying on YouTube 155
Conclusion. The Nearest Cameras Can Go 201
Notes 207
Bibliography 231
Index 241
Jennifer Malkowski is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at Smith College.
"Well written, with a good message on the tabooed topic, this book
is a good dare-to reading for everyone being arrested or rejected
by everyday mediated images of death."
*Leonardo Reviews*
"By intervening as she does, Malkowski not only provides readers
with insight into the long-standing visual pursuits of documentary
with regard to death, but also with important methodological
concerns that are applicable to a number of other contexts. As
digital platforms continue to evolve and provoke new apprehensions,
one’s understanding of such phenomena as murders streamed over
Facebook Live will be vastly enriched by the work that Dying in
Full Detail so adroitly performs."
*Film Quarterly*
"Of the many strengths of Dying in Full Detail, perhaps the
greatest is Malkowski’s compassion and care in handling such
extremely personal and sensitive material. . . . Her work is
culturally sensitive and critically engaging, as well as clearly
written and academically thorough."
*Journal of Popular Culture*
"I really value Malkowski’s willingness to unflinchingly critique
the intersection of death and media and question if and how these
various media might better serve political activism against
injustice. . . . Her book emphasizes the irony that while some
might fetishize death through spectacle and digital recordings,
recorded death can also function as visual and ethical rhetoric
against repressive regimes and hegemonic forces. I think this is
her most significant contribution and reason to read this important
book."
*Journal of Death and Dying*
"As more people have the digital tools at their disposal to produce
and disseminate images of death, whether as a conscious choice or
due to circumstance, Malkowski’s careful unpacking of the ethics
and limitations of the various gazes that organize these images
will continue to be recommended reading."
*International Journal of Communication*
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