Ekaterina E. Kozlova
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- June 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198796879
- eISBN:
- 9780191838569
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198796879.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This chapter surveys recent grief studies, which show that amongst various types of bereavement maternal grief is regarded as the most intense type and is the most persistent. It also looks at ...
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This chapter surveys recent grief studies, which show that amongst various types of bereavement maternal grief is regarded as the most intense type and is the most persistent. It also looks at anthropological studies that show how interrupted motherhood often leads to various forms of socio-political and religious engagement among women constituting a form of grief-driven activism. Building on these studies, this chapter examines the extant ancient Near East sources—mythologies, liturgies, medical texts, royal chronicles, etc.—showing that in the taxonomy of both death-related and non-death-related types of grief and their emotive and ritual expression, maternal grief was seen as archetypal and was implemented paradigmatically.Less
This chapter surveys recent grief studies, which show that amongst various types of bereavement maternal grief is regarded as the most intense type and is the most persistent. It also looks at anthropological studies that show how interrupted motherhood often leads to various forms of socio-political and religious engagement among women constituting a form of grief-driven activism. Building on these studies, this chapter examines the extant ancient Near East sources—mythologies, liturgies, medical texts, royal chronicles, etc.—showing that in the taxonomy of both death-related and non-death-related types of grief and their emotive and ritual expression, maternal grief was seen as archetypal and was implemented paradigmatically.
Sharon De Graves and Jenny Hynson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199216901
- eISBN:
- 9780191730252
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216901.003.0011
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
This chapter examines the particular needs of family carers of children confronting life-threatening illnesses. It provides an overview of the nature of the various conditions that affect children ...
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This chapter examines the particular needs of family carers of children confronting life-threatening illnesses. It provides an overview of the nature of the various conditions that affect children and discusses various strategies to support family carers and bereavement. The analysis of several case studies reveal that though parental grief can be especially severe and prolonged, some carers are able to reflect positively on the experience of caring for their very sick child.Less
This chapter examines the particular needs of family carers of children confronting life-threatening illnesses. It provides an overview of the nature of the various conditions that affect children and discusses various strategies to support family carers and bereavement. The analysis of several case studies reveal that though parental grief can be especially severe and prolonged, some carers are able to reflect positively on the experience of caring for their very sick child.
Kathleen M. Cumiskey and Larissa Hjorth
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- July 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190634971
- eISBN:
- 9780190635008
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190634971.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Psychology and Interaction
In this chapter, we explore the case study of mobile media and loss in the South Korean Sewol ferry disaster of 2014. This specific disaster was one in which mobile media featured, especially in ...
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In this chapter, we explore the case study of mobile media and loss in the South Korean Sewol ferry disaster of 2014. This specific disaster was one in which mobile media featured, especially in terms of lingering incriminations from the mobile phones of the 250 drowned schoolchildren. We explore the ways in which grief and loss are culturally specific, including an array of various social responses, rituals, and cultural prescriptions. We trace a contextualized view of postmortem photography and the intimate and memorialized publics. As demonstrated in the Sewol disaster, mobile media practices like selfies and vlogs are being deployed by the soon-to-be-deceased, and thus become self-eulogies.Less
In this chapter, we explore the case study of mobile media and loss in the South Korean Sewol ferry disaster of 2014. This specific disaster was one in which mobile media featured, especially in terms of lingering incriminations from the mobile phones of the 250 drowned schoolchildren. We explore the ways in which grief and loss are culturally specific, including an array of various social responses, rituals, and cultural prescriptions. We trace a contextualized view of postmortem photography and the intimate and memorialized publics. As demonstrated in the Sewol disaster, mobile media practices like selfies and vlogs are being deployed by the soon-to-be-deceased, and thus become self-eulogies.
