The Meaning of Grief: A Dramaturgical Approach to Understanding Emotion

by Emily Claspell, Larry Cochran

Overview

The Meaning of Grief seeks to capture the dramatic nature of grief by reconstructing the common story of people who have grieved. It provides a holistic approach to understanding the wisdom of experience in the context of human life. The book offers an original exploration of grief as a significant human emotion and introduces a unique method for the study of emotions in general. Through a detailed examination of individual accounts of grief, common themes are identified and woven into a dramatic composition, one that resembles the structure of a rite of passage. The volume carefully develops two basic units for description and investigation, considers emotions generally in light of what has been discovered concerning grief, and poses new questions about the nature of emotions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313256073
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/11/1987
Series:	International Contributions in Psychology , #8
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

LARRY COCHRAN is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

EMILY CLASPELL is a practicing psychologist from Hawaii, specializing in family therapy, and grief and bereavement counseling.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Drama of Emotion
A Dramaturgical-Phenomenological Approach to Emotional Experience
Themes of Grieving
Grief as Story
Understanding Grief
The Endless Drama
Bibliography
Index