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6/ New perspectives in queer death studies
This is part 6 of 6 of the dossier What do we talk about when we talk about queer death?, edited by M. Petricola. The contributions collected in this article seek to open new frontiers in queer death studies from the most diverse perspectives, from death
Alexandra Løvås Kristinnsdottir +6 more
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Competing causes of death: A death certificate study [PDF]
Despite the widespread interest in competing causes of death, empirical information on interrelationships between causes of death is scarce. We have used death certificate information to estimate the prevalence of competing causes of death at the moment of dying from specific underlying causes of death.In a stratified sample of 5975 deaths occurring in
Mackenbach, J. P. +4 more
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Introduction: Researching Queer Death
The present article serves as an introduction to the dossier What do we talk about when we talk about queer death?, edited by M. Petricola. This introduction briefly interrogates the premises, scope, and objectives of Queer Death Studies (QDS) in such a ...
Mattia Petricola
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Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death
Cell death is a fundamental physiological process in all living organisms. Its roles extend from embryonic development, organ maintenance, and aging to the coordination of immune responses and autoimmunity.
D. Bertheloot, E. Latz, B. S. Franklin
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The Embodied Reader and Experiential Death
Narratives being the cornerstone of societal development will never go out of fashion. The act of reading will naturally be a part of highly developed cognitive beings. In this paper, the ideal reader is replaced by the embodied reader.
Sree Sakthi Prem, P.T. Selvi Kohila
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Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Japan
This article examines the transformation of ancestor worship in the context of socio-political and religious conditions and identifies the characteristics of worship in contemporary Japanese society and the changes in the form of practices and functions ...
I. V. Avdiushenkova
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‘And writing […] will preserve his memory’: Laman Blanchard’s Afterlife in Letters and Ledgers
This article examines the historical fragments of cemetery records and monumental masonry for the poet and journalist Laman Blanchard, who was interred in West Norwood Cemetery, London, in 1845, and whose monument was cleared a century later by Lambeth ...
Heather Scott
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Queer Death Studies: Death, Dying and Mourning from a Queerfeminist Perspective
This introduction to the Queer Death Studies special issue explores an emerging transdisciplinary field of research. This field critically, (self-)reflexively and affirmatively investigates and challenges conventional normativities, assumptions ...
M. Radomska, Tara Mehrabi, N. Lykke
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This is part 2 of 6 of the dossier What do we talk about when we talk about queer death?, edited by M. Petricola. The contributions collected in this article sit at the crossroads between thanatology, gender studies, and LGBT+ studies and tackle ...
Varpu Alasuutari +5 more
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The Persistent Southern Disadvantage in Us Early Life Mortality, 1965‒2014 [PDF]
Background: Recent studies of US adult mortality demonstrate a growing disadvantage among southern states. Few studies have examined long-term trends and geographic patterns in US early life (ages 1 to 24) mortality, ages at which key risk factors and ...
Braudt, David B. +6 more
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