The bereavement of martyred Palestinian children : gendered, religious and national perspectives /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in cultural heritage and conflict.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Author's Note; Contents; List of Figures; Overview: Coping with Bereavement and Trauma; Responses to Bereavement and Mourning; Bereavement, Grieving and Trauma; The Trauma of Losing a Child; References; Part One: Loss as Individual and Collective; The Impact of Traumatic Loss on the Individual Level; Being Surprised with the News of the Death; Health Problems and Diminished Cognitive Capacity; Everything Is in Ruins, Nothing Matters; The Individual Recurring Trauma; Time Does Not Heal; Traumatic Loss on the National Level: The Loss Is Doubled, the Trauma Multiplied
- The Recurring Collective TraumaReferences; Part Two: Gender, Religion and Nationalism in the Grieving Process; Gender Differences in Coping with Bereavement; Masculinity and Loss; Femininity and Loss; Gender, Bereavement and Nationalism in Palestinian National Discourse; Mystical Thinking for the Mothers, Rational Thought for the Fathers; Women Internalize Their Anger, Men Externalize It; From Personal Loss to Collective Loss Fathers Sacrifice, Mothers Protest Silently; References
- Part Three: Coping with Bereavement in the Religious, Cultural and Societal Contexts-How Religion and Culture Shape BereavementThe Shaheed and His Religious Significance: Death as Rebirth; The Palestinian Ideal of Death-The Ethos of Sacrifice; Sacrifice on the Altar of the Nation; Faith as Support: The Strength Parents Draw from God and Religion; The Shaheed and His Religious Significance: Death as Rebirth; Development and Cultivation of the Concept of the "Parents of a Shaheed"-ahali al-shuhada-In the Context of Sacrifice and Bereavement; Social Support; References
- Part Four: National Identity and the Way Bereaved Parents CopeCollective National Palestinian Identity; How National Identity Shapes Memory; The Politireligization and Gendering of Bereavement; Funeral as Wedding: A Shaheed's Betrothal Ceremony; References; Part Five: The Politics of Memory and Commemoration; Personal Loss, Public Commemoration; Fatherly Commemoration-Monuments and Gravestones; Mikbarat al-Shaheed-The Martyr's Cemetery; Memorial Days; Maternal Commemoration; Small Shrines; Cemeteries; Commemoration Through Media Platforms; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Index