The world of bereavement : cultural perspectives on death in families

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The world of bereavement : cultural perspectives on death in families

Joanne Cacciatore, John DeFrain, editors

(International and cultural psychology series / series editor, Anthony J. Marsella)

Springer, c2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This visionary work explores the sensitive balance between the personal and private aspects of grief, the social and cultural variables that unite communities in bereavement, and the universal experience of loss. Its global journey takes readers into the processes of coping, ritual, and belief across established and emerging nations, indigenous cultures, and countries undergoing major upheavals, richly detailed by native scholars and practitioners. In these pages, culture itself is recognized as formed through many lenses, from the ancestral to the experiential. The human capacity to mourn, endure, and make meaning is examined in papers such as: Death, grief, and culture in Kenya: experiential strengths-based research. Death and grief in Korea: the continuum of life and death. To live with death: loss in Romanian culture. The Brazilian ways of living, dying, and grieving. Death and bereavement in Israel: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives. Completing the circle of life: death and grief among Native Americans. It is always normal to remember: death, grief, and culture in Australia. The World of Bereavement will fascinate and inspire clinicians, providers, and researchers in the field of death studies as well as privately-held professional training programs and the bereavement community in general.

Table of Contents

Death, Grief and Culture in Kenya: Experiential Strengths-Based Research.- A Somali Perspective: Death, Grief, and Culture.- Strategies for Healing from Disenfranchised Grief: A Case Study from Botswana.- Grieving Rituals and Beliefs of Chinese Families.- Death and Grief in Korea: The Continuum of Life and Death.- Bereavement and Grief in Greece.- To Live with Death: Loss in Romanian Culture.- Death and Grief in Mexican Families.- The Brazilian Ways of Living, Dying, and Grieving.- Death and Bereavement in Israel: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives.- Perinatal Death and Grief in Canada.- A Moment of Grace: Child Death in the United States.- Completing the Circle of Life: Death and Grief among Native Americans.- It is Always Normal to Remember: Death, Grief, and Culture in Australia.- "Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu: Although small, it is precious."Death, Grief and Culture in Relation to Baby Loss in Aotearoa/New Zealand.- Epilogue: Grief, Bereavement, and Rituals Across Cultures.

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  • NCID
    BB19073907
  • ISBN
    • 9783319139449
  • LCCN
    2015935626
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiii, 305 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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