| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : From the depths -- Part I Grief, described. -- Evolutionary origins -- Forms of grief -- Language of the bereaved -- Part II Physiology of grief. -- The grief-stricken brain -- The broken heart of grief -- The grieving body -- Part III Lost loved ones. -- Mothers -- Fathers -- Children -- Sisters and brothers -- Life partners -- Epilogue : A bittersweet alchemy. |
| Summary |
Grief happens to everyone. Universal and enveloping, grief cannot be ignored or denied. This book uses humanistic and physiological approaches to describe grief's impact on the bereaved. Taking examples from literature, music, poetry, paleoarchaeology, personal experience, memoirs, and patient narratives, the author describes what happens in the brain, the heart, and the body of the bereaved. Readers will learn what grief is like after a loved one dies: how language and clarity of thought become elusive, why life feels empty, why grief surges and ebbs so persistently, and why the bereaved cry. Resting on a scientific foundation, this literary book shows the bereaved how to move through the grieving process and how understanding grief in deeper, more multidimensional ways can help quell this sorrow and allow life to be lived again with joy. -- Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grief -- Physiological aspects.
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Bereavement.
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Electronic books.
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mourning. |
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e-books. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Emotions. |
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Bereavement |
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Grief -- Physiological aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Holinger, Dorothy P. Anatomy of grief. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 0300226233 (DLC) 2020931420 (OCoLC)1141520019 |
| ISBN |
9780300256086 (electronic book) |
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0300256086 (electronic book) |
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9780300226232 (hardcover) |
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0300226233 (hardcover) |
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