Browsing Theses by Subject "Death"
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Death in the City: The St. Lawrence Funeral Centre
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)In contemporary North America, death is contained within a network of cemeteries, crematoria and funeral homes. Death-space and its associative funeral rituals are both sacred and abject resulting in marginalization that ... -
Heroism, Gaming, and the Rhetoric of Immortality
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-08)This dissertation examines rhetorics of heroism and immortality as they are negotiated through a variety of (new) media contexts. The dissertation demonstrates that media technologies in general, and videogames in particular, ... -
Relinquish to Dust: A Centre for (w)Resting Grief in Toronto's Community
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-24)Currently, the spaces designated for death in the city of Toronto are separated from other programmes — in states that range from neglected, full, inactive or marginalized — while any new sites are pushed to the outskirts. ...