ISBN:
9783319139456
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Series Statement:
International and Cultural Psychology Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
153
Keywords:
Families Psychological aspects
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Bereavement Cross-cultural studies
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Grief Cross-cultural studies
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Death Cross-cultural studies Social aspects
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Grief..
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Bereavement ; Psychological aspects..
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Loss (Psychology)
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Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Intro -- I Remember Your Hand in Mine: An Introduction to The World of Bereavement -- Contents -- Editors' Biographies -- Authors' Biographies -- Part I: Africa -- Chapter 1: Death, Grief and Culture in Kenya: Experiential Strengths-Based Research -- A Constructionist View of Death and Bereavement -- Macro: Overview of the Kenyan Context -- Historical Implications of Loss/Trauma in Kenya -- Religion and Spirituality -- Overview of Death and Mourning Rituals by Ethnic Community -- Luo Death and Mourning Rituals -- Embu Death, Mourning and Bereavement Culture -- Luhya Bereavement Culture -- Family Structures -- Three Case Studies -- Luhya Grandfather (Okonga), Loss of a Grandson Named Mfalme -- Embu Wife, Loss of a Husband -- Luo Wife Loss of a Husband Called Shanyisa -- Application of the International Family Strengths Perspective -- Self-support: Individual Coping Mechanisms -- Family Support -- Community Support: The Church, Co-workers, Friends and Law Enforcement -- Culture as Support and Non-support -- Class, Gender, Age, and Community Support -- Culture as Unsupportive: Wife Inheritance -- Loss of Support and Power -- The Changing Meanings of Community Support -- Summary and Discussion -- Implications -- References -- Chapter 2: A Somali Perspective on Death, Grief, and Culture -- Introduction and Overview -- The Macro Perspective -- Historical Implications of Loss and Trauma -- Religion and Spirituality -- Muslim Rituals -- The Funeral -- Regional Features of Culture -- Strengths -- The Meso Perspective -- Community, Tribal, and Cultural Responses to Death -- Definition and Function of the Extended Family System -- Current Research/Evidence-Based Practice -- The Micro Perspective -- Individual and Familial Reactions to Loss -- Current Standards of Care/Treatment of the Bereaved -- Case Examples -- Conclusion -- References.
Description / Table of Contents:
I Remember Your Hand in Mine:An Introduction to The World of Bereavement; Contents; Editors' Biographies; Authors' Biographies; Part I: Africa; Chapter 1: Death, Grief and Culture in Kenya: Experiential Strengths-Based Research; A Constructionist View of Death and Bereavement; Macro: Overview of the Kenyan Context; Historical Implications of Loss/Trauma in Kenya; Religion and Spirituality; Overview of Death and Mourning Rituals by Ethnic Community; Luo Death and Mourning Rituals; Embu Death, Mourning and Bereavement Culture; Luhya Bereavement Culture; Family Structures
Description / Table of Contents:
Three Case StudiesLuhya Grandfather (Okonga), Loss of a Grandson Named Mfalme; Embu Wife, Loss of a Husband; Luo Wife Loss of a Husband Called Shanyisa; Application of the International Family Strengths Perspective; Self-support: Individual Coping Mechanisms; Family Support; Community Support: The Church, Co-workers, Friends and Law Enforcement; Culture as Support and Non-support; Class, Gender, Age, and Community Support; Culture as Unsupportive: Wife Inheritance; Loss of Support and Power; The Changing Meanings of Community Support; Summary and Discussion; Implications
Description / Table of Contents:
ReferencesChapter 2: A Somali Perspective on Death, Grief, and Culture; Introduction and Overview; The Macro Perspective; Historical Implications of Loss and Trauma; Religion and Spirituality; Muslim Rituals; The Funeral; Regional Features of Culture; Strengths; The Meso Perspective; Community, Tribal, and Cultural Responses to Death; Definition and Function of the Extended Family System; Current Research/Evidence-Based Practice; The Micro Perspective; Individual and Familial Reactions to Loss; Current Standards of Care/Treatment of the Bereaved; Case Examples; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
ReferencesChapter 3: Strategies for Healing from Disenfranchised Grief: A Case Study from Botswana; Introduction; Background; The Story; Vital's Childhood and Developmental Years; The Childhood and Developmental Years of Ludo, Vital's Wife; Vital and Ludo's Married Life; Vital Passes on Unexpectedly; Vital's Passing Away Is Announced; Preparations for the Burial at Seru Village (Vital's Paternal Home); Ludo Leaves for Botswana for Vital's Burial; Ludo Arrives at the Funeral Compound; The Funeral Cortege Arrives at Seru Village; Ludo's Mother Arrives for Vital's Burial
Description / Table of Contents:
Ludo Is Honoured with a Floor Bed The Night Vigil and Viewing of the Deceased's Body; The Journey to the Graveyard, and the Burial; Ludo Encounters More Negative Post-burial Experiences; Ludo Returns to New Zealand; Interpretation of Healing Moments in the Story; Healing Through Paying the Last Respects to the Deceased; Healing Derived from Traditional Treatment and Cleansing; Ludo Sets Aside a Mourning Period for Healing; Healing Through Psychological Support; Support from a Religious Minister; Support from College Professors and Colleagues
Description / Table of Contents:
Healing Through Family and Community Support
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