Photography and Death: Framing Death Throughout History

Half Title Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Images
Acknowledgements
Introduction-Death and Post-mortem Photography in History
Chapter 1-Romance: Post-mortem Photography
	1.1 Alternatives to Pre- and Post-mortem Portraiture
	1.2 The Good Death
	1.3 Composition of the Death and Near-death Image
	1.4 The Imitation of Life
	1.5 Post-mortem Coffin Images
	1.6. Counter Narratives
	1.7. Other Uses for Death Photography
	1.8. Conclusion
Chapter 2-Anonymity: War Photography
	2.1. Photojournalism and Death
	2.2. Photographing the Dead: The Battlefield
	2.3. Interacting with the Dead: Mass Production of Images
	2.4. Later War Images
	2.5. World War I
	2.6. World War II
	2.7. Embalming the Dead: Preservation of Soldiers
	2.8. Conclusion
Chapter 3-Continuance: Spirit Photography
	3.1. Spirit Images and Spiritualism
	3.2. The Relationship between War and Spiritualism
	3.3. Composition of the Spirit Image
	3.4. William Mumler
	3.5. Séance Photographs
	3.6. Conclusion
Pictorial Inserts
Chapter 4-Violence: The Lynching Photograph
	4.1. OWNERSHIP OF THE BODY AND THE LYNCHING IMAGE
	4.2. Lynching and Race
	4.3. Lynching and Segregation
	4.4. Lynching Images
	4.5. History and Contemporary Guilt
	4.6. Historical Evidence and the Death Narrative
	4.7. The Audience Within
	4.8. The Audience Without
	4.9. Conclusion
Chapter 5-Ownership: Celebrity Death
	5.1. Ownership of the Celebrity Body
	5.2. Body Removal
	5.3. Scene of the Crime
	5.4. Suicide and Autopsy Photographs
	5.5. Kurt Cobain
	5.6. Tupac
	5.7. THE IMAGE AS KEEPSAKE
	5.8. Celebrity Grave Sites
	5.9. Conclusion
Chapter 6-Science: Forensic Photography
	6.1. Forensics in Television and Online
	6.2. Forensic Photography as a Means of Understanding Death
	6.3. Forensic Photography as a Tool for Solving Crime
	6.4. Wound Culture on Film: The Autopsy of Jane Doe
	6.5. True Crime and the Serial Killer: Netflix and The Ted Bundy Tapes
	6.6. The X Files: “Irresistible”
	6.7. Conclusion
Conclusion-Future Living Through Death Images
Further Resources
	Chapter 1:
	Chapter 2:
	Chapter 3:
	Chapter 4:
	Chapter 5:
	Chapter 6:
References
Index