Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction: Television/Death 1
6. 1 Everyday death: The early history of death on British television 29
7. 2 Signs of care: Assisted suicide on television 66
8. Part II Dramas of Grief, Bereavement and the Television Afterlife
9. 3 A good death? Death and the afterlife in US television fiction 95
10. 4 Dramas of grief: Television and mourning 130
11. 5 Haunted houses, haunted landscapes: Grief and trauma in the television ghost story 151
12. Part III Posthumous Television
13. 6 Entering the mausoleum: Posthumous television 187
14. 7 Ghost town: Posthumous television in the city 222
15. Notes 258
16. References 266
17. Index 284