{"product_id":"the-last-word-reviving-the-dying-art-of-eulogy","title":"The Last Word. Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinding the right words to reckon with a loved one’s death is no easy task, and the pressure to grieve in a timely fashion only makes the difficulty of saying a meaningful goodbye that much harder. We are continually instructed to contain our grief to a limited period, to promptly ‘get over it’ and return to business as usual – is it any wonder that, when the moment for speaking directly to death arrives, we so often grasp at clichés in order to avoid examining our sorrow?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn turning a critical eye toward the act of eulogy, Julia Cooper manages to perceptively, even playfully, create a new space for the bleak act of mourning. Examining fictional eulogies in\u003cem\u003e The Big Lebowski\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLove Actually\u003c\/em\u003e alongside teary speeches at celebrity funerals and reflections on mourning from Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Word\u003c\/em\u003e is a light in the dark. Braiding her delightful, lively cultural analysis with her own personal experiences of loss, Cooper makes a stunning and compelling case for a more compassionate approach to grief. [publisher’s note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357501137236,"sku":"A8B-27819","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/Scan_20200715_182159_001.jpg?v=1790812168","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/the-last-word-reviving-the-dying-art-of-eulogy","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}