The World of Bereavement: Cultural Perspectives on Death in Families (International and Cultural Psychology)

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. 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 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 Part III. Europe. Bereavement and grief in Greece / Theodora Kaldi-Koulikidou ; The vision of death in Romanian culture / Alina State Mihaela Part 4. Latin America. Death and grief in Mexican families / Rosario Esteinou ; The Brazilian ways of living, dying, and grieving / Maria-Helena P. Franco Part 5. Middle East. Death and bereavement in Israel : Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives / Maha N. Younes 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 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. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Death, Grief and Culture in Kenya: Experiential Strengths-Based Research....Pages 3-23 A Somali Perspective on Death, Grief, and Culture....Pages 25-39 Strategies for Healing from Disenfranchised Grief: A Case Study from Botswana....Pages 41-65 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 Grieving Rituals and Beliefs of Chinese Families....Pages 69-80 Death and Grief in Korea: The Continuum of Life and Death....Pages 81-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Bereavement and Grief in Greece....Pages 101-120 The Vision of Death in Romanian Culture....Pages 121-128 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Death and Grief in Mexican Families....Pages 131-145 The Brazilian Ways of Living, Dying, and Grieving....Pages 147-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Death and Bereavement in Israel: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives....Pages 161-175 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Perinatal Death and Grief in Canada....Pages 179-208 A Moment of Grace: Child Death in the United States....Pages 209-219 Completing the Circle of Life: Death and Grief Among Native Americans....Pages 221-239 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 It Is Normal to Remember: Death and Grief in Australia....Pages 243-263 Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu: Although Small, It Is Precious : Death and Grief After Perinatal Death in Aotearoa/New Zealand....Pages 265-286 Epilogue: Grief, Bereavement, and Ritual Across Cultures....Pages 287-298 Back Matter....Pages 299-305 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:℗l 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, suitable for graduate courses in death and dying, family studies, social work, psychology, and nursing, and researchers in the field of death studies as well as privately-held professional training programs and the bereavement community in general.