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African American grief / Paul C. Rosenblatt and Beverly R. Wallace.
Van Pelt Library RC451.5.N4 R67 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenblatt, Paul C.
- Wallace, Beverly R., 1954- author.
- Series:
- Series in death, dying, and bereavement
- The series in death, dying, and bereavement
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Mental health.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Psychology.
- Grief--United States.
- Grief.
- Bereavement--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Bereavement.
- Loss (Psychology).
- Black or African American--psychology.
- Attitude to Death--ethnology.
- Psychological aspects.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Grief.
- Black or African American--psychology.
- Attitude to Death--ethnology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 193 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005.
- Summary:
- Considering the potential effects of slavery, racism, and white ignorance, and oppression on the African-American experience, this author document, describe, and analyze key phenomena of the unique African-American experience of grief.
- Contents:
- Grief and life span
- Racism as a cause of death
- Racism and discrimination in the life of the deceased
- Visitations, wakes, and funerals
- African American institutions for dealing with death
- How people talked about grief
- Grief soon after the death
- Meaning making
- Grief over the long run
- The family grief process
- God
- Being strong in grief
- Continuing connection with the deceased
- Talking about it, crying about it with others
- Our grief and theirs: African Americans compare their grief with Euro-American grief
- Understanding African American grief.
- Notes:
- "Cover design: Elise Weinger."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0415951518
- 0415951526
- OCLC:
- 56608265
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