Closure The Rush to End Grief and What It Costs Us

Name: Closure The Rush to End Grief and What It Costs Us
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ISBN: 9781439905777

ISBN-10: 1439905770

ISBN-13: 9781439905777

Edition: 2011

Authors: Nancy Berns

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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 that closure does not exist and believe the notion only encourages 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." Berns explores how closure has been applied widely in popular media and how the idea has been appropriated as a…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 8/5/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface: My Own Tangled Story


Acknowledgments



Seeking Closure



Closure and Its Tangled Meanings



The Walking Wounded and Myth Slayers: Those Who Say There Is No Closure



From Embalming to Teddy Bear Urns: Selling Closure in the Twenty-First-Century Death Care Industry



The Assurance Business: Creating Worry and Selling Closure



Bury the Jerk: Symbolic Death and Mock Vengeance as Relationship Advice



Should You Watch an Execution or Forgive a Murderer? Closure Talk and Death Penalty Politics



Forgetting versus Remembering: Politics of Mourning, Sacred Space, and Public Memory



Framing Grief beyond Closure


Notes


Bibliography


Index