Grief as Social Fact

Notes from Southern Benin

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2137693
AutoresJoël Noret (Université Libre de Bruxelles, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen71
Número2
Páginas273-286
Fecha de publicación2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00020184.2012.702969
OpenAlexW2075558006
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas39

This article explores the socialisation of the experience of grief in Southern Benin. Drawing on field research conducted in Southern Benin since the beginning of the 2000s and mobilising interviews and participant observations with bereaved people, I argue that grief is profoundly shaped by interiorised dispositions to think, act and feel, as well as social experiences (from family relationships to religious practices and economic conditions, among other things). The article mainly exemplifies this contention with two ethnographic vignettes, which respectively emphasise the significant place that funerals take locally in the grieving experience, and approach the issue of the socialisation of infant deaths. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC

Ethnography · Field research · Grief · Participant observation · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology