Rituals around Sudden Death in Recent Years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2658679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anders Gustavsson (0000-0002-2147-2969, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Pages | 23-44 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0957 • E-ISSN: 1406-0949 |
| Publisher | Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7592/fejf2008.38.gustavsson |
| OpenAlex | W2084140227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Life is normally expected to proceed through childhood, youth, adulthood and old age. What happens then if death occurs at some earlier phase of life and not at a far distant time in people's everyday lives? This will most often be a sudden and unexpected death. How do the nearest family, friends and acquaintances of the deceased cope with this? How and why are new rituals created, how are they spread, and what meaning do they have for the people who are thrust into difficult situations? These are the questions that will be discussed in this paper. The emphasis is on the present day
Genealogy · Geography · Sociology · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |