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African American grief / Paul C. Rosenblatt and Beverly R. Wallace.
It is often convenient to assume that grief is a basic human process, akin to breathing, sleeping, or walking.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780203956526
- ISBN: 0203956524
- ISBN: 9780203956526
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 193 pages).
- Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:august.17 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 contact 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. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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