Focusing on the sociological aspects of death and bereavement, this work examines the unique practices of American Indian tribes. It incorporates oral histories from various tribes, offering insights into their cultural approaches to mourning and loss. The analysis highlights the significance of these traditions and how they shape community identity and resilience in the face of grief.
Focusing on the often-overlooked aspect of death management practices, this book explores the rituals and methods surrounding death and body disposal. It challenges the notion that grief and bereavement are solely individual experiences by situating them within broader social and institutional contexts. By analyzing diverse cultural practices globally, the work offers an international perspective that enhances the understanding of dying, death, and the complexities of bereavement, emphasizing the interconnectedness of social arrangements in these experiences.
This book is singularly focused on the traumatic nature that death presents in children s lives. Yet it is also varied in scope, ranging over a variety of topics, from supporting children during disaster, through the benefits of death education, to the value of ritual in helping children adjust to a radically altered set of circumstances following loss. All of the chapters, in some way or other, offer guidance to those seeking to provide help and support to children experiencing some kind of loss, including practical steps on how to comfort children or how to talk to them about death. It will, I am sure, be a valuable resource to those who, either through their work or through personal circumstances, are brought into contact with children in the midst of grief. Michael Brennan Liverpool Hope University, UK
This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence, terrorist acts, genocide, and in many other ways. As we entered the twenty-first century, we experienced 9/11, the Red Lake School deaths, suicide bombers, and more mass death brought about by the actions of governments, revolutionaries, terrorists, and still more wars. The need to better understand violence, both lethal and non-lethal, to become aware of the many forms of violence, and to learn how to survive in the aftermath of violent death are the focus of "Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death."