Garde-Hansen, Joanne (2008) The return of the grotesque aged female body in Gunter von Hagens’ Autopsy : Life and Death (Channel 4). In: Haliburton, T. Chandler and Edwards, Caroline , (eds.) Mortality, Dying and Death : Global Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp. 37-46. ISBN 9781914710523

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Abstract

This paper explores young female audience members’ emotional and semitactile encounters with the aged female body in Gunter von Hagens’ Autopsy:
Life and Death (Channel 4, January 2006). The paper examines the following: an understanding of ageing and mortality as a peculiarly feminised process; a reinsertion of the biological imperative into cultural constructions
of the body; an emphasis upon emotion and affect in understanding media representations of ageing and death.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
Publisher:	Inter-Disciplinary Press
Place of Publication:	Oxford
ISBN:	9781914710523
Book Title:	Mortality, Dying and Death : Global Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Editor:	Haliburton, T. Chandler and Edwards, Caroline
Official Date:	2008
Dates:	Date Event 2008 Published
Page Range:	pp. 37-46
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Description:	Papers presented at the 5th Global Conference Making Sense Of : Dying and Death, 9-12 July 2007 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom

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