Readings in Thanatology 1997
DOI: 10.2190/reac18
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Disenfranchised Grief: An Exposition and Update Kenneth J. Doka

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“…In some situations, cultural norms can prevent the loss of a loved one from being openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported. The term disenfranchised grief denotes these situations (Doka, 2002 ). Cultural norms may condemn the person of the deceased (for example, a person on the wrong side during the war), the relationship with the deceased (for example, an extra-marital relationship) or the circumstances of the death.…”
Section: Determinants Of Meaning Attributionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In some situations, cultural norms can prevent the loss of a loved one from being openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported. The term disenfranchised grief denotes these situations (Doka, 2002 ). Cultural norms may condemn the person of the deceased (for example, a person on the wrong side during the war), the relationship with the deceased (for example, an extra-marital relationship) or the circumstances of the death.…”
Section: Determinants Of Meaning Attributionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Doka defines disenfranchised grief as that felt by 'persons who experience a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned or socially supported'. 11 Not only did farmers report feeling isolated from their communities but they were often seen as 'responsible' for their own position and that of their neighbours.…”
Section: Experiences Of Loss and Griefmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yet grief today is far from entirely escaping cultural norms that validate some relationships over others; thus, the death of a child is widely assumed to be harder than the death of an elderly parent; the death of a spouse harder than the death of a sibling; and the death of a sibling harder than that of a friend or colleague ( Doka, 2002 ; Fowlkes, 1990 ). In focusing on the loss of spouses and children, bereavement research on both sides of the Atlantic over many decades has reproduced cultural expectations about who should be mourned ( Parkes, 2008 ).…”
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“…The funeral director contracts with just one person as client, typically a close family member. Critics of the mid-20th century American funeral denigrated the way it became an ostentatious display of family status ( Bowman, 1959 ); more recent critics have observed how funerals can disenfranchise the grief of nonfamily ( Doka, 2002 ); anecdotal observations by British mourners and funeral professionals, along with more systematic observation by researchers ( Clark, 1982 ; Howarth, 1996 ), indicate that close family always sit in the front row; and soap operas portray funerals as dramatic family events. So there are reasons to think that British and American funerals may have as much to do with family as with personal feeling.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%