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Balancing culture and survival: An urban-rural socioeconomic assessment of indigenous Fijian funerals in Fiji

open access: yesWorld Development Sustainability, 2023
As a final act, families of the deceased strive to implement funeral rites that are befitting of their loved one. However, perceived obligatory adherence to an immutable culture, plus emulation, can compel families to carry out a costly funeral.
Ron Vave   +2 more
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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Funerals accomplish Family: Findings from a Mass-Observation Study. Transl. from Eng. by A.A. Zaitseva, Yu.A. Ivanova

open access: yesСоциологический журнал, 2023
This article analyzes how potentially conflicting frames of grief and family operate in a number of English funerals. The data come from the 2010 Mass-Observation directive “Going to Funerals” which asked its panel of correspondents to write about the ...
Tony Walter, Tara Bailey
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Grave and power: A thanato-sociological analysis of the funerals of Tito, F. Tuđman and S. Milošević [PDF]

open access: yesSociologija, 2012
The paper offers a thanato-sociological analysis of the funerals of Tito, F. Tuđman and S. Milošević, documenting various ideological contents and various political roles of the funerals of heads of state.
Kuljić Todor
doaj   +1 more source

Funerals in the north of Europe

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2023
Editorial of Approaching Religion, Vol.
Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Right or Wrong: Attitudes and Practices of Physicians, Nurses, Psychologists, and Social Workers Regarding Attendance at Patient Funerals. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BACKGROUND Health professionals' bereavement practices, including funeral attendance, have attracted relatively little attention from researchers. There may be a number of motivations and perceived benefits for health professionals to attend patient ...
Crawford, Gregory B   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Laughing at funerals [PDF]

open access: yesQJM, 2013
### Learning Point for Clinicians Ischaemic strokes are a cause of pathological laughter (PL). PL can be an acute or delayed presentation of strokes. Several neuroanatomical sites have been implicated in PL. PL can be mood incongruent or it can be exaggeration of a normal response.
Y, Madani, S, Azad, P, Nachev, D, Collas
openaire   +2 more sources

Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : Ménélik II et Haylé Sellasé à Addis Abeba

open access: yesAfriques, 2012
Menelik II and Haile Selassie, the two major Ethiopian sovereigns during the 20th century, both experienced troubles in their lives and at the end of their reigns: no funeral ceremonies were held at the time of their death.
Estelle Sohier
doaj   +1 more source

Accessible funerals and people with intellectual disability

open access: yes, 2022
Funerals are an enduring ritual, meeting social, religious/spiritual and emotional needs. O'Rourke and et al. (2011, p. 731), noted that "The term funeral refers to a ceremony in which a body or remains are present, in contrast to a memorial service ...
Forrester-Jones, Rachel   +9 more
core   +1 more source

The role of flowers in the personalization of Christian funerals in Denmark

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2023
Flowers are a common element in Danish funerals. Drawing on fieldnotes, interviews and survey data on funeral practices in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark as well as theories of ritualization, meaning-making and practices, this article shows ...
Henrik Reintoft Christensen
doaj   +1 more source

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