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Article: Grief and Mourning in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Grief and Mourning in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Most contemporary writing about grief and mourning is based on research with people living in twentieth-century North America and Western Europe. The research uses theories and methods that grew from the same geographical area and historical period. Although reports about mourning and grief have come from many cultures, there is no consensus among bereavement scholars about what concepts explain the most about the ways in which individuals and communities respond to death in different cultures. The question here is: How might scholars develop more cross-cultural concepts of grief and mourning that can describe the thoughts, emotions, ...
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