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Corpses, popular culture and forensic science: public obsession with death

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Penfold-Mounce, Ruth·2016·Mortality
DOI 10.1080/13576275.2015.1026887
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Abstract

The cadaver has been heralded as ‘pop culture’s new star’. Foltyn’s claim will be expanded in that it does not adequately consider the underlying components of the rise of the corpse in popular culture. It will be argued that forensic science portrayals in popular culture play a critical role in fuelling public obsession with death and cadavers. A particular focus will be taken upon the sociological concept of the gaze and using it to explore how watching the dead is influenced through popular culture forensic work portrayals. The gaze is used to highlight how forensic science in popular culture provides a softening lens through which death and corpses are viewed and how this leads to the normalisation of consuming the dead by the public. Finally, this article will propose the notion of morbid space which is argued to be part of the process in which public fascination with death, dying and corpses is experienced and normalised.

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Authors
Penfold-Mounce, R.
Affiliations
University of York (GB)
Corresponding author
Penfold-Mounce, Ruth
ORCID
Penfold-Mounce, Ruth
Venue
Mortality
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2015-04-22
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
19-35
ISSN
  • 1357-6275 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9885
DOI
10.1080/13576275.2015.1026887
OpenAlex
W2059065550
Cited by
41
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5
FWCI
16.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Mortality (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Crime and Detective Fiction Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
Keywords
corpses, death, popular culture, forensic science, gaze

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Penfold-Mounce, R. (2016). Corpses, popular culture and forensic science: public obsession with death. Mortality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2015.1026887