This paper explores the nature of grief in Lihir, Papua New Guinea, in light of psychological theories of bereavement and grief. Anthropologists have demonstrated that culture has an impact on both the expression and experience of grief and can offer both a challenge to established theories and new perspectives on the conceptualisations and experiences of the bereaved. Until recently, ‘grief work’ was the foremost model for understanding bereavement as a psychological process and was also used by anthropologists in cross-cultural work. However, since the 1990s, a number of alternative models of normal grief have emerged, including the dual process coping model and the model that proposes resilience as a central concept. These newer models, ...
D.Litt. et Phil.Internationally, significant efforts have been made to understand complicated grief....
This study involved a qualitative examination of the healing elements of tangihanga as described by ...
Bereavement scholars Silverman, Nickman, and Klass (1996) have argued that rituals to continue a rel...
The article explores the state of the field in developing a cross-cultural model of grief. Dialogues...
This research explores how grief is socially constructed, by analysis of the everyday language peopl...
[Extract] Lamenting is a very important aspect of musical culture across Papua New Guinea, a country...
This thesis investigates the various coping experiences during bereavement by conducting ethnomethod...
The article serves to examine the cultural influences on attitudes towards the deceased and bereaved...
This article explores the socialisation of the experience of grief in Southern Benin. Drawing on fie...
This paper discusses emotions as intersubjective states that develop in the interactions between ind...
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami resulted in a tragic loss of life and immense suffering. This thesis e...
Given that dialogue relating to death and grief for many Samoans remains in the realm of tapu (sacre...
The rich data drawn from a study to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative care are p...
The rich data drawn from a study to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative care are p...
About the book: This book focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social t...
D.Litt. et Phil.Internationally, significant efforts have been made to understand complicated grief....
This study involved a qualitative examination of the healing elements of tangihanga as described by ...
Bereavement scholars Silverman, Nickman, and Klass (1996) have argued that rituals to continue a rel...
The article explores the state of the field in developing a cross-cultural model of grief. Dialogues...
This research explores how grief is socially constructed, by analysis of the everyday language peopl...
[Extract] Lamenting is a very important aspect of musical culture across Papua New Guinea, a country...
This thesis investigates the various coping experiences during bereavement by conducting ethnomethod...
The article serves to examine the cultural influences on attitudes towards the deceased and bereaved...
This article explores the socialisation of the experience of grief in Southern Benin. Drawing on fie...
This paper discusses emotions as intersubjective states that develop in the interactions between ind...
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami resulted in a tragic loss of life and immense suffering. This thesis e...
Given that dialogue relating to death and grief for many Samoans remains in the realm of tapu (sacre...
The rich data drawn from a study to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative care are p...
The rich data drawn from a study to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative care are p...
About the book: This book focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social t...
D.Litt. et Phil.Internationally, significant efforts have been made to understand complicated grief....
This study involved a qualitative examination of the healing elements of tangihanga as described by ...
Bereavement scholars Silverman, Nickman, and Klass (1996) have argued that rituals to continue a rel...