Description: Examines the narratives documentary films construct and mediate about death and dying
Brief description: Outi Hakola is a Lecturer in the Department of Health and Social Management at the University of Eastern Finland.
Review Quotes:
In this highly engaging book, Outi Hakola offers an important contribution to the literature on mortality and cinema. Her work with end-of-life documentaries is guided by theoretical sophistication, empirical nuance, and ethical and emotional sensitivity. This book should be of interest to scholars in film, communication, death studies and psychology
--Johanna Sumiala, University of Helsinki, Finland