provocative questions to arouse even the most reticent reader. It adds a distinct- ly sociological perspective to a field—at least in the United States (less so in the United Kingdom)—dominated by psychological and individualistic models. Death in the Modern World would make a Death in the modern world text for a sociology of death class. However, this provocative work should be read by anyone interested in the ways that social forces shape a society’s approach to and understanding of death. Editor’s Note Ken Doka is the editor of OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying. He is senior consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America and author of numerous books in the dying, death and bereavement field. A Book Review of Two Books on Modern Corpses Edwards, E. E. (2018). The Modernist Corpse: Posthumanism and the Posthumous. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 227 pp. $ 27.00 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-5179-0128-9. Troyer, J. (2020). Technologies of the Human Corpse. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 272 pp. $ 24.95 (hardback). ISBN: 9780262043816. Reviewed by: Candi K. Cann, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA When I attended the 2017 Association of Death Education and Counseling Conference in Portland, Oregon, I brought my 10-year-old daughter along since I figured we could spend our free time visiting local sites around Portland and turn my work vacation into a semifun trip for her as well. She was on spring break, so I didn’t want to spend the entire time working, and having her around brought a much-needed relief to long days centered on death and grief. My daughter loves science, so after the conference, we headed to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, to check out their exhibits, and I got excited about the section containing large vats of formaldehyde and cross- sections of fetuses at various stages of development, since I thought she would love learning about a human being’s stages of biological growth. The fetuses were in a large dark room in backlit jars, with diagrams beside the jars explain- ing the exact stages of development of each jar. My daughter, however, entered the room and became angry, explaining to me that she refused to enter a place with corpses on display, and questioning the ethics of displaying bodies 524 OMEGA—Journal of Death and Dying 81(3)