ISBN:
9781315453842
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (405 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Thompson, Neil Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement : A Guide to Theory and Practice
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Death-Social aspects
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Death-Social aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Editors and Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Why a Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement? -- Growing Up with Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- The Dying Process: Living with Dying -- Facing Our Own Death -- The Lesson of Death -- Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- The Plan of the Book -- References -- Part One Sociological Foundations -- 1 Emile Durkheim -- Introduction -- Durkheim's Approach to Sociology -- Durkheim's Study of Suicide -- Anomic Suicide -- Egoistic Suicide -- Altruistic Suicide -- Fatalistic Suicide -- Criticisms of Durkheim's Suicide -- Durkheim and Death Ritual -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 Max Weber -- Introduction -- Rationalization -- Bureaucracy -- Traditional Understandings of Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Challenges to Traditional Understandings of Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Scientific, Rational Understandings of Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Bureaucratized Approaches to Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Weber's Biography: Depression and Dystopia -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Marxism -- Introduction -- Marx the Sociologist -- Dialectical Materialism -- Marx Was Right: The Positives -- Marx Was Wrong: The Negatives -- Developments beyond Marx -- Marxist Thought as Applied to Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 George Herbert Mead -- Introduction -- The Sociological Approach of George Herbert Mead -- Dying, Death and George Herbert Mead -- Symbols of Dying and Death -- Dying, Death, and Meaning -- The Social Nature of Dying -- Symbols of Dying and Death -- Grief and Bereavement from an Interactionist Perspective -- Recreating Social Life -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Erving Goffman -- Introduction
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The Sociological Approach of Erving Goffman -- The Sociology of Dying and Death of Erving Goffman -- Dying in Total Institutions -- Presentation of Self with Death -- Biographical Disruption -- Stigma -- Frame Analysis -- Setting the Stage -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Women's Contribution to Classical Sociology -- Introduction -- Sociopolitical Background -- Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) -- Themes in Martineau's Work -- Societal Progress, Oppression, and Social Construction -- Relationship between Values and Social Structure -- Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- Themes in Addams' Work -- Gendered Standpoint and Multiple Vantage Points -- Social Democracy, Social Ethic, and Social Change -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) -- Themes in Gilman's Work -- Gendered Standpoint and Sociality -- Social Construction -- African American Founding Women -- Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) -- Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) -- Themes in the Women's Work -- Oppression, Power, and Diversity -- Death, Grief, and Bereavement: Sociological Insights from the Founding Women -- The Sociality of Human Beings -- Sociostructural Context, Diversity, and Multiple Vantage Points -- Social Inequality and Exclusion -- Power and the Phenomenon of Social Construction -- Active Agency -- A Different Voice and Critical Reflexivity -- Empowering Practices and Activism -- Conclusion -- References -- Part Two Sociological Developments -- 7 Michel Foucault -- Introduction -- Introducing Foucault -- Introducing Foucault's Ideas -- Power -- Discourses and Regimes of Truth -- Normalization -- Technologies of the Self -- And There's More… -- Foucault's Ideas as Applied to Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Power -- Discourses and Regimes of Truth -- Normalization -- Technologies of the Self -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Pierre Bourdieu -- Introduction -- His Contribution
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Influences -- The Role of the Sociologist -- Key Ideas -- Using Bourdieu to Consider Dying and End-of-Life Care -- Social Determinants and Health-Related Behavior -- Institutional Care -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Existentialism -- Introduction -- Existentialist Thought -- Phenomenology -- Ontology -- Existentialism's Contribution to Sociology -- Existentialism, Death, and Loss -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Continuing Bonds -- Introduction -- Continuing Bonds in Psychology Bereavement Models -- About this Chapter -- Grief, Including Continuing Bonds, Is Intersubjective -- Roles of the Deceased: Values and Consolation -- Funeral Literature as the Intersection of Personal and Social -- Continuing Bonds as Collective Representations -- The Dead and Land Claims -- Continuing Bonds and Political Bonds -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 An Egalitarian Perspective -- Introduction -- Scenarios -- Foundational Understandings -- Power Imbalances -- Privilege and Choice -- Minorities and End-of-Life Care -- Control and Vulnerability at the End of Life -- Inequities and Barriers -- Institutional and Structural Barriers -- Cultural Barriers -- Individual Barriers -- Addressing Barriers and Inequity -- Awareness and Sensitivity -- Critically Reflective Practice -- Advocacy and Empowerment -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Disenfranchised Grief -- Introduction -- Unsanctioned Grief -- Developments in Disenfranchised Grief -- Workplace Losses -- Suffocated Grief -- Forbidden Grief -- Disenfranchised Trauma -- Non-Death-Related Losses -- Relating Disenfranchised Grief to Other Sociological Concepts -- Anomie -- Alienation -- Actor Network Theory -- Social Capital -- Practice Applications -- Conclusion -- References -- Part Three Contemporary Issues and Debates -- 13 Dark Tourism -- Introduction
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The Significance of the Study of Dark Tourism for Death Studies -- Academic and Conceptual Foundations of the Study of Dark Tourism -- Dark Tourism's Role as a Mediator: Motivation and Encounters with Death in Dark Tourism -- Thanatopsis: Desire for Touristic Encounters with Death -- Connection to the Site or Touristic Excursions -- Discrete Touristic Interests about Death -- Interpretation -- The Significance of Sociology for the Study of Dark Tourism -- The Death System and Post-Death Rituals of Remembrance -- Death System Components and Dark Tourism -- Death System Functions and Dark Tourism Sites -- Disposing of the Dead -- Social Consolidation after Death -- Making Sense of Death -- Killing -- The Social Shaping of Emotion at Dark Tourism Sites -- Grief as an Emotion at the Interactional Dark Tourism Site -- Vicarious Grief at Dark Tourism Sites -- Conclusion: Hope for Concurrence between Dark Tourism and Death Studies -- References -- 14 Aging and Ageism -- Introduction -- Ageism -- Mutually Reinforcing Discourses -- Breadth of Loss in Old Age -- Death-Related Losses -- Loss of Role -- Loss of Independence -- Loss of Place -- Loss of Dignity -- Loss of Personhood -- Social Space -- Social Time -- Meaning Making at the Level of Personal Spirituality -- Meaning Making at the Level of Discourses and Institutionalized Patterns of Power -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Alcohol and Other Drug Use -- Alcohol and Drug Use as Sociological Phenomena -- Drug Use as Functional and Social Behavior -- Alcohol (and Drug) Social Lubrication in the Moments of Passing Death -- Excessive and Prolonged Use: Developing and Maintaining Inappropriate and Dangerous Coping Mechanisms -- The Ultimate Consequence of Alcohol and Drug Use: Death -- Death (of Self) -- Death (of Others) -- Special Deaths -- Complex Interwoven Relationships -- Conclusion -- References
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16 Culturally Competent Practice -- Introduction -- From Civil Rights to Ethnically Sensitive Practice -- From Ethnically Sensitive Practice to Anti-Racism to Culturally Competent Practice -- Culture and Ethnocentrism -- Dimensions of Culture -- Cultural Competence in Relation to Death, Grief, and Bereavement -- Cultural Expertise? -- Death Systems -- Cultural Challenges -- Knowledge, Skills, and Values -- Racism Revisited -- Making It Happen -- Conclusion -- References -- 17 Towards a Sociology of Terrorism -- Introduction -- What is Terrorism? -- Sociology and Terrorism -- State Terrorism -- Terrorist Tactics -- Addressing Terrorism -- Terrorism, Grief, and Bereavement -- Conclusion -- References -- 18 Is Grief a Disease?: The Medicalization of Grief by the Psy-Disciplines in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- The Therapeutic Society -- The Pathologization of Grief -- Why Does Pathologizing Grief Matter? -- Grief in the Public Sphere: Challenging the Pathologization of Grief -- Spontaneous Shrines: "The Voice of the People" -- Electronic Mourning -- Conclusion -- References -- 19 Being-in-the-World of the Sociological Imagination: Understanding Living with and beyond Cancer -- Introduction -- Overview of Mills and Heidegger -- Embodiment as Meaning Making -- Spirituality as Meaning Making -- Temporality as Meaning Making -- Connection as Meaning Making -- Conclusion -- References -- 20 Death, grief, and Virtual Connections: The Role of Social Media for Social Support and Memorialization -- The Evolving Internet and the Growth of Social Media -- Loss and Grief and Social Media -- Social Media as Supportive Communities for the Bereaved -- Social Media as a Memorial Space -- Web 2.0 and Enhanced Mourning -- What Might the Future Bring? -- References
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