African American grief [electronic resource] / Paul C. Rosenblatt and Beverly R. Wallace.
By: Rosenblatt, Paul C.
Contributor(s): Wallace, Beverly R | ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: BookSeries: Series in death, dying, and bereavement: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xxv, 193 p.Subject(s): African Americans -- Mental health | African Americans -- Psychology | Grief -- United States | Bereavement -- United States -- Psychological aspects | Loss (Psychology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 155.9/37/08996073 Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and indexes.
Grief and life span -- Racism as a cause of death -- Racism and discrimination in the life of the deceased -- Visitations, wakes, and funerals -- African American institutions for dealing with death -- How people talked about grief -- Grief soon after the death -- Meaning making -- Grief over the long run -- The family grief process -- God -- Being strong in grief -- Continuing connection with the deceased -- Talking about it, crying about it with others -- Our grief and theirs: African Americans compare their grief with Euro-American grief -- Understanding African American grief.
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