The Cue for Passion : : Grief and Its Political Uses / / Gail Holst-Warhaft.
Having set aside age-old ways of mourning, how do people in the modern world cope with tragic loss? Using traditional mourning rituals as an instructive touchstone, Gail Holst-Warhaft explores the ways sorrow is managed in our own times and how mourning can be manipulated for social and political en...
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Holst-Warhaft, Gail, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Cue for Passion : Grief and Its Political Uses / Gail Holst-Warhaft. Reprint 2014 Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©2000 1 online resource (228 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: The Theater of Mourning -- 1. Tears -- 2. Laughter -- 3. Bones -- 4. Disappearance -- 5. Plague -- 6. Memorials -- Afierthoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Having set aside age-old ways of mourning, how do people in the modern world cope with tragic loss? Using traditional mourning rituals as an instructive touchstone, Gail Holst-Warhaft explores the ways sorrow is managed in our own times and how mourning can be manipulated for social and political ends. Since ancient times political and religious authorities have been alert to the dangerously powerful effects of communal expressions of grief--while valuing mourning rites as a controlled outlet for emotion. But today grief is often seen as a psychological problem: the bereaved are encouraged to seek counseling or take antidepressants. At the same time, we have witnessed some striking examples of manipulation of shared grief for political effect. One instance is the unprecedented concentration on recovery of the remains of Americans killed in the Vietnam War. In Buenos Aires the Mothers of the Disappeared forged the passion of their grief into a political weapon. Similarly the gay community in the United States, transformed by grief and rage, not only lobbied effectively for AIDS victims but channeled their emotions into fresh artistic expression. It might be argued that, in contrast to earlier cultures, modern society has largely abdicated its role in managing sorrow. But in The Cue for Passion we see that some communities, moved by the intensity of their grief, have utilized it to gain ground for their own agendas. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Nov 2021) Bräuche, Etikette, Folklore. Politieke aspecten. Riten. Rouw. Grief -- Political aspects. Mourning customs -- Political aspects. PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package 9783110353488 ZDB-23-HCO Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Law & Political Science eBook Package 9783110353495 ZDB-23-HLP Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674498570 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674498587 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674498587 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674498587/original |
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