A new government of death on TV

Authors

  • Cristina Teixeira Vieira de Melo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.1369

Keywords:

Time of death, Cuidados paliativos, Biopolítica, Governamentalidade, Ethos neoliberal

Abstract

We are living a cultural change in which new ways of dying emerge for the subjects. Palliative Care is one of these new death regimes. We argue that, while standing against a biopolitics of investing in life at any cost, Palliative Care are in line with contemporary governmentalism in which optimization of life prevails. The ethos of the dying is the same as the neoliberal individual, led to think of himself as someone who actively models the course of his life (and his death) through acts of choice. To show how this happens, we chose as object of analysis an American TV series that is based on the precepts of the palliative care called Time of death (2013).

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Published

24-12-2017

How to Cite

Vieira de Melo, C. T. (2017). A new government of death on TV. E-Compós, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.1369

Issue

Section

Televisão