A death in the family
A community's embodiment of tragedy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12494076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Harmon (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 493-506 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Leisure Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1174-5398 • E-ISSN: 2159-6816 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/11745398.2017.1408474 |
| OpenAlex | W2768748110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 47 |
This manuscript explores how a tightknit music fan community responds to the suicide of one of its members. During the grieving process the music and music scene of the band Rust Forever are relied on for catharsis and healing, and the memories and legacy of the deceased are kept alive through the community's long-established bonds and commitment to helping one another through hard times. While the power and potential of music has been explored in other areas of healing and life transitions, its use in responding to tragedy is an underdeveloped area of investigation. Because suicide has such a traumatic impact on surviving loved ones, the conflict and blame that often accompany it were also present in this instance. This manuscript highlights the importance of close friends and meaningful leisure, particularly music, in the healing process associated with suicide, but also the ambiguity, stigma, and complicated emotions that accompany it
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Art · Blame · Catharsis · Criminology · Grief · Power (physics · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Tragedy (event · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Music History and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
Music in Everyday Life
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
The Impact of Suicide on the Family
Is Suicide Bereavement Different? A Reassessment of the Literature
Target Article
The posttraumatic growth inventory
Stigma
Aging, Media, and Culture
Traces of spirituality in the Lady Gaga phenomenon
Essential Questions on Suicide Bereavement and Postvention
Attitudes toward Suicide
The Healing Alliance
Couples and shared leisure experiences
Pagans and Satan and Goths, oh my
Musical Taste and Ingroup Favouritism
Subcultures, Scenes or Tribes? None of the Above
The Concept of Scene and its Applicability in Empirically Grounded Research on the Intersection of Religion/Spirituality and Popular Music
Positive emotions and passionate leisure involvement
Music and the Quality of Life
Positive Experiences for Participants in Suicide Bereavement Groups
Going the distance
Spirituality, Fan Culture, and the Music of Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons
Hierarchical Dimensions of Leisure Stress Coping
Leisure as a Resource in Transcending Negative Life Events
Friendships Developed Subsequent to a Stressful Life Event
The Four Seasons of Ethnography
The practice of social research
Community, family and leisure immersion
Rock 'n' Roll Experiences in Middle Age
Music as a technology of the self
Keepin' it Real
The Psychological Functions of Music in Adolescence
Music, Style, and Aging
Growing Up Punk
Social Spaces of Music
Music Scenes, Space and the Body
Queer Temporalities and the Significance of 'Music Scene' Participation in the Social Identities of Middle-aged Queers
Punk's Not Dead
The Role of Popular Music in the Construction of Alternative Spiritual Identities and Ideologies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |