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Author(s): Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter
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Year: 2017
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ISBN 10: 9004356967 
ISBN 13: 9789004356962
Author: Benjamin Bennett Carpenter

Memento mori is a broad and understudied cultural phenomenon and experience. The term “memento mori” is a Latin injunction that means “remember mortality,” or more directly, “remember that you must die.” In art and cultural history, memento mori appears widely, especially in medieval folk culture and in the well-known Dutch still life vanitas paintings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Yet memento mori extends well beyond these points in art and cultural history. In Death in Documentaries: The Memento Mori Experience, Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter suggests that documentaries are an especially apt form of contemporary memento mori. Bennett-Carpenter shows that documentaries may offer composed transformative experiences in which a viewer may renew one’s consciousness of mortality – and thus renew one’s life.

Death in Documentaries The Memento Mori Experience 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Theoretical and Historical Foundations

Chapter 1: The Documentary Encounter with Death

  • 1.1 Defining the “Death Documentary”: Genre, Subgenre, or Thematic Category?
  • 1.2 The Epistemological Claim of Documentary: Reality, Truth, and Representation of the Irreparable
  • 1.3 Death as Taboo and Spectacle in Contemporary Culture
  • 1.4 The Audience as Witness: Vicarious Experience and Empathy
  • 1.5 The Book’s Central Thesis: Documentaries as Memento Mori Devices

Chapter 2: Memento Mori: A Transhistorical and Transcultural Legacy

  • 2.1 Origins of Memento Mori: From Ancient Philosophy to Medieval Art
  • 2.2 Memento Mori in Fine Art: Skulls, Vanitas, and the Dance Macabre
  • 2.3 The Evolution of Death Contemplation in Western Thought
  • 2.4 Beyond the Western Canon: Comparative Perspectives on Mortality and Art
  • 2.5 Reimagining Memento Mori in the Digital Age

Chapter 3: Ethics of Portrayal: Consent, Privacy, and Vulnerability

  • 3.1 Filming the Dying and the Deceased: Navigating Consent and Autonomy
  • 3.2 The Ethics of “Showing” Death: Graphic Imagery and Responsible Representation
  • 3.3 Privacy and Dignity in Documentary Practice
  • 3.4 The Filmmaker’s Responsibility to Subjects and Audiences
  • 3.5 Methodological and Ethical Dilemmas in Death Documentaries

Part II: Typologies of Death in Documentary Film

Chapter 4: The Narrative of Terminal Illness: Documenting the Dying Process

  • 4.1 From Diagnosis to Demise: Chronologies of Terminality
  • 4.2 The Patient’s Perspective: Agency, Acceptance, and Resistance
  • 4.3 Family and Caregivers: Grief Before Loss and Anticipatory Mourning
  • 4.4 End-of-Life Care, Hospice, and Medical Decisions on Screen
  • 4.5 Case Studies: (e.g., How to Die in Oregon, Extremis, My Octopus Teacher as an extended metaphor)

Chapter 5: Grieving and Bereavement: Documenting Loss and Aftermath

  • 5.1 The Unfolding Landscape of Grief: Individual and Collective Responses
  • 5.2 Rituals of Mourning: Funerals, Memorials, and Cultural Practices
  • 5.3 Living with Absence: The Long-Term Impact of Loss
  • 5.4 Documenting Child Loss, Spousal Bereavement, and Parental Grief
  • 5.5 Case Studies: (e.g., Faces of Death (critique of), The Salt of the Earth, Terms and Conditions May Apply (critique of digital death))

Chapter 6: Forensic and Post-Mortem Narratives: Reconstructing Death’s Story

  • 6.1 The Body as Evidence: Medical Examiners, Autopsies, and Crime Scene Investigation
  • 6.2 Documentary True Crime: Reconstructing Murders and Unsolved Cases
  • 6.3 The Scientific Gaze on Death: Decomposition, Decay, and the Cycle of Life
  • 6.4 The “Cadaver Documentary” and Anatomical Exploration
  • 6.5 Case Studies: (e.g., Autopsy, Forensic Files, Leaving Neverland (critique of posthumous trials))

Chapter 7: Collective Death: War, Genocide, and Disaster

  • 7.1 Bearing Witness to Mass Casualties: The Impossibility of Full Representation
  • 7.2 Archival Footage and the Reconstruction of Historical Trauma
  • 7.3 Survivor Testimonies: Memory, Trauma, and the Legacy of Atrocity
  • 7.4 Documenting Natural Disasters and Public Health Crises
  • 7.5 Case Studies: (e.g., Shoah, The Act of Killing, Fire in the Sky (critique of disaster footage))

Part III: The Memento Mori Experience and Its Impact

Chapter 8: Affect and Empathy: The Emotional Resonance of Death Documentaries

  • 8.1 Evoking Empathy: Bridging the Gap Between Viewer and Subject
  • 8.2 The Uncomfortable Truth: Discomfort, Aversion, and Confrontation
  • 8.3 Catharsis and Reflection: The Therapeutic Potential of Death Documentaries
  • 8.4 The Role of Sound, Music, and Silence in Shaping Emotional Response

Chapter 9: Pedagogical and Societal Impact: Cultivating Death Literacy

  • 9.1 Documentaries as Educational Tools for Death and Dying
  • 9.2 Challenging Taboos and Fostering Open Conversations About Mortality
  • 9.3 Shaping Public Perception and Policy Around End-of-Life Issues
  • 9.4 From Awareness to Action: Inspiring Social Change
  • 9.5 The Role of Documentaries in Death Positivity Movements

Chapter 10: Conclusion: The Enduring Power of the Memento Mori Lens

  • 10.1 Synthesizing the Argument: Documentaries as Modern Memento Mori
  • 10.2 The Evolving Landscape of Death and Documentary in the Digital Age
  • 10.3 Ethical Challenges and Opportunities for Future Filmmakers
  • 10.4 The Future of the “Death Documentary” and its Role in Human Consciousness

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