The world of bereavement
Subtitle: cultural perspectives on death in families
By: Joanne Cacciatore, John DeFrain, editors
Series: International and cultural psychology; International and cultural psychology series
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9783319139449
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Grief; Cross-cultural studies; Death; Families; Psychological aspects; Social aspects; Bereavement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Africa. Death, grief and culture in Kenyac : experiential strengths-based research / Jane Rose M. Njue, Dorothy Rombo, Anne N. Lutomia, Laura S. Smart, Lynn M. Mwaniki, and Inviolata L. Sore ; A Somali perspective on death, grief, and culture / Hawa Koshen ; Strategies for healing from disenfranchised grief : a case study from Botswana / Sithandazile H. Msimanga and Lois R. Mberengwa; title: Part 2. Asia. Grieving rituals and beliefs of Chinese families / Shen Qin and Yan Xia ; Death and grief in Korea : the continuum of life and death /  Eunsuk Cho and Miai Sung; title: Part III. Europe. Bereavement and grief in Greece / Theodora Kaldi-Koulikidou ; The vision of death in Romanian culture / Alina State Mihaela; title: Part 4. Latin America. Death and grief in Mexican families / Rosario Esteinou ; The Brazilian ways of living, dying, and grieving / Maria-Helena P. Franco; title: Part 5. Middle East. Death and bereavement in Israel : Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives / Maha N. Younes; title: Part 6. North America. Perinatal death and grief in Canada / Francine de Montigny, Chantal Verdon, and Kory McGrath ; A moment of grace : child death in the United States / Sarah Bain, Terry Bain, and Carver Bain ; Completing the circle of life : death and grief among Native Americans /  Chris Sharp, Amoneeta Beckstein, Gordon Limb, and Zachary Bullock; title: Part 7. Oceania. It is normal to remember : death and grief in Australia / Kate Jones ; Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu : although small, it is precious : death and grief after perinatal death in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Vicki Culling and Pania Mitchell ; Epilogue : grief, bereavement, and ritual across cultures / Kara Thieleman.