Pet Loss and Grief: An Integrative Perspective

Globally, violence against women and girls is a pandemic—resulting in massive trauma and death. Certain scriptures and cultural texts condone the aggression; others adamantly protest heinous, unjust behaviors. Lament provides an avenue for naming and processing individual and communal violence, grief, and pain. This essay explores lament as response to pain and suffering generated amidst sexual and domestic violence, from a global womanist perspective. After providing a brief overview of my womanist biblical hermeneutic, this essay: (1) explores lament as a response to patriarchal misogynistic violence in Scripture, in dialog with global domestic violence; (2) explores lament embodied in selected Psalms, lamentations, and a lament by Beyoncé; and (3) concludes by invoking lament as a pathway of engaging global, daily loss and grief.

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PAT JALLANDDeath in War and Peace: Loss and Grief in England, 1914-1970. New York: Oxford University Press. 2010. Pp. xii, 317. $55.00.

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr.116.5.1573-a ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 116 (5) ◽

pp. 1573-1574

Author(s):

J.-M. Strange

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

War And Peace ◽

Oxford University ◽

Loss And Grief ◽

Oxford University Press

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OA57 The digitalisation of dying, loss and grief on social media channels

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care ◽

10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000906.57 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (Suppl 1) ◽

pp. A18.2-A18

Author(s):

Mark Taubert ◽

James Norris

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Loss And Grief ◽

Media Channels

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Figurative language in talking about the loss of a father. The example of Americans and Poles

Studia Neofilologiczne ◽

10.16926/sn.2021.17.07 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

pp. 113-127

Author(s):

Kamila Midor

Keyword(s):

Figurative Language ◽

Research Project ◽

Conceptual Metaphors ◽

Limited Size ◽

Loss And Grief ◽

Language Groups ◽

The Subject

The subject of this paper is loss and grief described by different people from two language groups: Americans and Poles. The analyzed data comes from the responses to two online questionnaires, and belongs to a larger PhD research project. In looking for examples of conceptual metaphors (Lakoff and Johnson 1980, Kövecses 2005) and conceptual blends (Fauconnier and Turner 1996, Dancygier and Sweetser 2014), we present various cases of conceptualization of loss and grief. Given the limited size of this paper, we selected examples referring to loss of a father. The aim is to compare different ways of talking about apparently the same type of loss, highlighting the fact that grief is very subjective and personal. It is also a way to present differences and a variety in viewpoint when talking about this type of loss.

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“Nobody Noticed”: Leadership and Issues of Workplace Loss and Grief

Illness Crisis & Loss ◽

10.1177/105413730701500304 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 219-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peter Gilbert

Keyword(s):

Human Services ◽

Positive Culture ◽

Job Security ◽

Working Environment ◽

Private Lives ◽

Loss And Grief ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Whole Person ◽

Creating Meaning

Modern commentators are demonstrating how the workplace is changing radically, with a long-hours culture and increasing uncertainty over job security and prospects. With people spending more time in work, they need to find the sort of meaning there that many people looked for in home and leisure. Many people's private lives are sacrificed to the demands of employers and, therefore, when instances of crisis and loss arise, these can be more devastating if the workplace is unsupportive or rejecting. Leadership is an essential attribute in promoting an ethos of meaning and humanity in workplace situations. This paper considers the nature of the current working environment; the role of leadership in creating meaning and learning; and the importance of organizational culture—a positive culture that encapsulates the whole person, not simply a false notion of including just “the part of the person” who is a worker in the organization. Examples from the author's work in human services in the United Kingdom illustrate the points made.

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The Theme of Loss and Grief in Shashi Deshpande's Small Remedies

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v6i10.5098 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

Vanitha Devaraju

Keyword(s):

Women Characters ◽

Indian Society ◽

Fictional Characters ◽

Collective Consciousness ◽

Loss And Grief ◽

Psychology Of Women ◽

Patriarchal Society ◽

Female Protagonist ◽

Women's Lives ◽

Shashi Deshpande

A writer throws light on the darkest aspects of life and motivates the reader by projecting the human realities through their fictional characters. Success and failure are the part of impermanent life. Have we ever tried to analyze the struggles and challenges behind one's failure and success? In a patriarchal society, women have to undergo multiple struggles and challenges and require an indomitable spirit to quench her thirst of success. It is highly important to analyze the psychology of women in her loses and happiness. As a woman novelist, Shashi Deshpande novels mostly centered on Women's lives and their challenges to survive in the Indian society. The female protagonist in Small Remedies has gone through several loses and grief beyond her success. Other women characters also built their strong identity after crossing all the barriers and awakening the collective consciousness.

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