Martel established himself as a writer with the publication of The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and Other Stories (1993), followed by his first novel, Self (1996), both of which introduced consistent thematic concerns in his fiction, including the complexities of illness, sexuality and identity, death and dying, and the burden of grief and loss.
If they don't collect the information about sexual orientation or gender identity, death investigators.
Death gets a say in defining a person's identity, even when the identity death gives is unfair or potentially dehumanizing, like "cancer victim".
"The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)" James Cohan Gallery, 533 West 26th Street Through August 13 This show, featuring Felix Gonzalez-Torres, James Ensor, Tracey Emin, Hanne Darboven, Kota Ezawa, Nan Goldin, and Dash Snow, promises works that "explore dissolute scenarios through the lens of 'obsession' that reflect an intensity of passion, guilt, rage, love, identity, death, and political beliefs".
Jerusalem, however, is a walloping grand play about land, identity, the death of magic and the decay of community, with a marvellous central role.
Being a hipster is sort of like a nickname: it is chosen for you, thrust and ordained upon you, eclipses your true identity slowly, death by a thousand cuts.
Paul Kalanithi became a neurosurgeon because he felt compelled by neurosurgery and "its unforgiving call to perfection… it seemed to present the most challenging and direct confrontation with meaning, identity and death".
In the other — in which a coalition soldier was killed in Kandahar Province by a man in an Afghan soldier's uniform — a California newspaper, The Ventura County Star, identified the victim as Andrew Britton, 25, a Green Beret whose identity and death were confirmed by a family friend in Simi Valley, Calif.
A "physical" section lists videos on architecture and music, while a "meta" category covers concepts like identity, wisdom, death and inspiration.
Through her art, Mendieta transformed fear, pain, and rage into powerful and provocative meditations on gender, identity, assault, death, place, and belonging.
It is utterly disrespectful towards the dead and their families to strip them of their identities in death, particularly when that Jewish identity cost them their lives.
