Exam 1 Flashcards
Name each theory.
Davies
Gerholm
Wright/Hogan
Name Davies concepts.
Identity
Rites of Passage
Double Burial
Conquest of Death
Name Gerholm concepts.
Plurality of Perspectives Fragmented Cultural Systems Shaping of Private Experiences The "Hard Surface", Ruling Reinvention of Tradition
Name Wright/Hogan concepts.
Freud Worden Continuing Bonds Theory Dual Process Model Transition Theory (Personal Growth)
Identity (which theory?)
Davies
Rites of Passage (which theory?)
Davies
Double Burial (which theory?)
Davies
Conquest of Death (which theory?)
Davies
Plurality of Perspectives (which theory?)
Gerholm
Fragmented Cultural Systems (which theory?)
Gerholm
Shaping of Private Experiences (which theory?)
Gerholm
The “Hard Surface”, Ruling (which theory?)
Gerholm
Reinvention of Tradition (which theory?)
Gerholm
Freud (which theory?)
Wright/Hogan
Worden (which theory?)
Wright/Hogan
Continuing Bonds (which theory?)
Wright/Hogan
Dual Process Model (which theory?)
Wright/Hogan
Personal Growth (which theory?)
Wright/Hogan
Identity (definition from Davies)
Death affects the people who knew the deceased, psychological identity develops through life, deeply influenced by how we are raised and cultural values
**Attachment theory: bonds between currently living, detachment is death, disposal is relocation of the dead
Rites of Passage (definition from Davies)
*Arnold Van Gennep
Ritualistic events that take place to give new status within society, proposal of pre-liminal, liminal, post-liminal stages (separation, transition, incorporation)
Double Burial (definition from Davies)
*Robert Hertz
“Wet” and “dry” phases, separation from human life, cremation requires final rites, society expresses itself through current members, death is threat to community
Conquest of Death (definition from Davies)
Birth/life/death has been developed through rituals (initiation rituals), death is followed by “rebirth”
Plurality of Perspectives (definition from Gerholm)
Difference of vantage points
Fragmented Cultural Systems (definition from Gerholm)
Combo of cultural systems, religion is outlook on life and means to assert interests of people,
Shaping of Private Experiences (definition from Gerholm)
Each participant walks away feeling differently, nobody walks away with right/wrong thoughts of ritual
“Hard Surface”, Ruling (definition from Gerholm)
“Public face of private experience”, ruling borrows strength from general situation
Reinvention of Tradition (definition from Gerholm)
Ritual remains, so does interpretation
Freud (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Grief is experience that follows normal course, leads to psychological consequence, healthy recovery requires severing emotional bonds with deceased, grief studies aimed to determine intensity/duration of relationship affected loss
Bowlby (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Father of Attachment theory, grief influenced by type of attachment, series of stages (1: defense mechanism, numbness, shock, 2: pining for deceased to return, 3: disorganization, how to live without deceased, 4: recovery)
Parkes (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Grief is a series of shifting pictures, interviewed widows, copied most of what Bowlby did, reflected on grave visits and older photographs of deceased
Worden (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Extended bereavement theory, developed primarily for counselors and therapists to offer care/comfort
Four tasks of mourning: 1: accept reality of loss, 2: work through pain and grief, 3: adjust to environment, 4: emotionally relocate deceased
Continuing Bonds Theory (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Still attached to deceased, maintain relationship through transitional objects, donations to organizations, remembrance walks
Dual Process Model (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Bereaved alternately experience/avoid suffering, address limitations of earlier models
Loss-orientation (acceptance) restoration orientation (coping with changes)
Personal Growth Theory (definition from Wright/Hogan)
Adolescents experience loss as growth, point of resolution/adaptation to loss
What is a tomden? (sky burial)
“Yogin-butcher”, unwraps the body to expose flesh and bone to be used as sacrifice
What religion is a sky burial associated with?
Buddhism
Buddhism funerals are known as
Sky burials
Woodland burial is from which theory?
Davies
Natural cemeteries were talked about in which reading?
Harris
What was the first natural cemetery?
Ramsey Creek Preserve in NC
What does a buried corpse do to the ground?
Restoration, flourishes
What are people worried about with natural burials?
Water contamination
How was Osama buried?
At sea
Why did they decide to bury Osama at sea?
Because it was Muslim tradition to do so. While people did not agree with this nor did they think he was a true Muslim for some of the things he did, they still decided that was how he should be buried to reduce risk of a shrine to him.
What’s the time constraint rule for Muslims about burial?
Must be within 24 hours of death
Is V.S. Naipaul religious?
No. Attends his sister’s funeral anyway.
What is the ritual expert for Sati’s funeral called?
Pundit
Was Sati religious?
No, wanted a Hindu burial/funeral anyway.
What is the Hindu holy book?
the Gita
What happens after the initial ritual/burial of Sati?
Widow and son of Sati ask pundit questions about afterlife while he eats a big feast.
What did Sati die of?
Brain hemorrhage
Was everyone at Sati’s funeral experiencing the same feelings? Why/why not?
No because the plurality of perspectives concept says that everyone who had a relationship with the deceased has a different connection and a different reaction
