E-raamat: Grief Memoirs: Cultural, Supportive, and Therapeutic Significance [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

"Grief Memoirs bridges the gap between literary studies and psychology to provide an in-depth examination of contemporary grief memoirs, evaluating their literary, cultural, therapeutic, and educational functions and benefits for bereaved and non-bereaved individuals. This volume will present readers with definitions of the genre within existing literature and survey studies, and the genre's characteristics, functions, and their implications for literary studies and psychology utilizing memoirists of discussed narratives, therapists, and the bereaved. This text also includes discussions on the compatibility of grief memoirs with current grief theories; writing and reading as self-expressive, self-searching, and grief witnessing acts assessed by the authors; and the therapeutic and educational value of grief memoirs. This book will be ideal in helping professionals and educators advance the understanding and interpretation of loss within literary, psychological, and medical humanities classrooms"--

Grief Memoirs bridges the gap between literary studies and psychology to provide an in-depth examination of contemporary grief memoirs, evaluating their literary, cultural, therapeutic, and educational functions and benefits for bereaved and non-bereaved individuals.

Grief Memoirs: Cultural, Supportive, and Therapeutic Significance bridges literary studies and psychology to evaluate contemporary grief memoirs for use by bereaved and non-bereaved individuals. This volume positions the grief memoir within life writing and bereavement studies through examination of the genre’s characteristics, definitions, and functions. The book presents the views of memoirists, helping professionals, community members, and university students on writing and reading as self-expressive, self-searching, and grief-witnessing acts after the loss of a loved one. Utilizing new data from surveys assessing grief support and bibliotherapy, this text discusses the compatibility of grief memoirs with contemporary grief theories and the role of interdisciplinary methods in assisting the bereaved. Grief Memoirs: Cultural, Supportive, and Therapeutic Significance will help educators advance the understanding and interpretation of loss within psychology, literature, and medical humanities classrooms.