Closure : the rush to end grief and when it costs us / Nancy Berns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berns, Nancy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Loss (Psychology).

Grief.

Bereavement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When it comes to the end of a relationship, the loss of a loved one, or even a national tragedy, we are often told we need "closure." But while some people do find closure for their pain and grief, many more feel closure does not exist and believe the notion only promises false hopes. Sociologist Nancy Berns explores these ideas and their ramifications in her timely book, Closure.Berns uncovers the various interpretations and contradictory meanings of closure. She identifies six types of "closure talk," revealing closure as a socially constructed concept-a "new emotion

Contents:

Contents; Preface: My Own Tangled Story; Acknowledgments; 1. Seeking Closure; 2. Closure and Its Tangled Meanings; 3. The Walking Wounded and Myth Slayers: Those Who Say There Is No Closure; 4. From Embalming to Teddy Bear Urns: Selling Closure in the Twenty-First-Century Death Care Industry; 5. The Assurance Business: Creating Worry and Selling Closure; 6. Bury the Jerk: Symbolic Death and Mock Vengeance as Relationship Advice; 7. Should You Watch an Execution or Forgive a Murderer? Closure Talk and Death Penalty Politics

8. Forgetting versus Remembering: Politics of Mourning, Sacred Space, and Public Memory9. Framing Grief beyond Closure; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613196354

9781283196352

1283196352

9781439905784

1439905789

OCLC:

854519892