Diversity challenges from urban West Africa
How Senegalese family deaths illuminate dominant understandings of ‘bereavement’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20159486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Ribbens Mccarthy (0000-0002-2827-7453, Visiting Fellow, Open University and University of Reading, corresponding author), Ruth Evans (0000-0002-4599-5270, Associate Professor, University of Reading.), Sophia Bowlby (0000-0002-8333-3606, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Reading.), Sophie Bowlby (University of Reading) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 83-90 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bereavement Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-2621 • E-ISSN: 1944-8279 |
| Publisher | Cruse Bereavement Care (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02682621.2019.1679468 |
| OpenAlex | W2990635453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
Based on interviews with Senegalese people living in four contemporary urban neighbourhoods, who had experienced the death of an adult family member, we explore how the research challenged and surprised the White, British members of the research team. Such challenges help to shed light on some dominant, taken-for-granted understandings of ‘bereavement’ based in ‘Western’ perspectives. The surprises include how the death was discussed and explained; patterns of family living and the implications for how individuals responded to the death; the emotional significance of particular religious expectations; and the emotional implications of material hardships. After exploring how interviewees responded to the deaths in Senegal, we consider how these responses compare with expectations and taken-for-granted assumptions about ‘bereavement’ in the contemporary UK. We conclude by discussing the implications for bereavement support and professional practice, in relation to diverse responses to death
Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology
Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief
Bereavement Narratives
Continuing Bonds in Bereavement
Loss, Grief, and the Search for Significance
Grief across cultures
Oppression of the Bereaved
Family and social networks after bereavement: experiences of support, change and isolation
The Fundamental Paradox in the Grief Literature
A new understanding of grief
A new model of grief
Interpreting ‘grief’ in Senegal
Making Sense of Family Deaths in Urban Senegal
Developing a Cross-Cultural Model of Grief
The Grief Process as a Social Construct
A moment for compassion
They all look as if they're coping, but I'm not’
Producing emotionally sensed knowledge? Reflexivity and emotions in researching responses to death
The case for a sociology of dying, death, and bereavement
Grief is a Luxury
Grief as a Social Emotion
Cultural consultation for cancer
Islam, Women and the Role of the State in Senegal
Sociology for the whole world
Introduction
Investigating the Effect of Anxiety, Uncertainty and Ethnocentrism on Willingness to Interact in an Intercultural Communication
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |