Grief, bereavement, and ritual across cultures. The chapters included in this book offer rich descriptions of beliefs and practices related to grief, mourning, and death across a variety of cultures. Webafter a brief overview of previous anthropological research, we identify key themes emerging from this global collection of case studies:

Webdrawing on the diverse chapters in this book, this chapter addresses a number of themes. Webseven of those ethnographic explorations are included in this special issue. Websocial bias against grieving in contemporary cultures of cheerfulness, professor kalaga’s essay proposes a rehabilitation of grieving, revealing its multifaceted nature and ambiguity, which signal grieving’s regenerative Webthis major research project surfaces current understandings and troublings around contemporary death and grief rituals in western culture, and use system archetypes, causal layered analysis and speculative design to explore alternative, more desired futures around death and grief. Webthe article outlines six sets of questions that help identify the assumptions about grief held within any culture, including our own; Asking such questions can assist bereavement care both within a culture and across cultures. Webin addition to the individual variance of the grief experience, there is variance in grieving expressions and rituals between cultures (49, 50).

Webthe article outlines six sets of questions that help identify the assumptions about grief held within any culture, including our own; Asking such questions can assist bereavement care both within a culture and across cultures. Webin addition to the individual variance of the grief experience, there is variance in grieving expressions and rituals between cultures (49, 50). The current study's generalizability is. Webmany participants engaged in grief rituals; 51. 9% of the participants performed collective grief rituals apart from the funeral service, such as organizing a remembrance ceremony with family or sharing stories about the deceased with others.

51. 9% of the participants performed collective grief rituals apart from the funeral service, such as organizing a remembrance ceremony with family or sharing stories about the deceased with others.