Name: Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What it Costs Us
Author: Nancy Berns (Author)
ISBN: 9781439905777

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Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What it Costs Us

Author(s): Nancy Berns (Author)

Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication Date: 5 Aug. 2011
Language: English
Print length: 228 pages
ISBN-10: 1439905770
ISBN-13: 9781439905777

Book Description

Do we really need closure after bad things happen?

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“[C]ompelling…Berns, who experienced a profound loss when she gave birth to a stillborn son, is here to reinforce what most of us intuitively know: feeling bad about losing a loved one never really ends. By commodifying the concept of closure in order to sell products and services, however, society has put pressure on us to conform to the prevailing ‘feeling rules,’ suggesting that disappointment, loss, and grief can and should come to an arbitrary end. Berns angrily dismisses this notion…. VERDICT Berns wisely counsels us to find other language and perspectives for living with grief, and this lucid debunking of the current use of the word ‘closure’ is a breath of fresh air, recommended for both general readers and specialists.”
—Library Journal

From the Author

Nancy Berns is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Drake University in Des Moines. Her teaching and research interests are in areas of grief, death, violence, justice, and social constructionism. She is the author of Framing the Victim: Domestic Violence, Media and Social Problems.

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Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What it Costs Us

Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What it Costs Us

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