3.7 References & Media Attributions

References

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Gamliel, T. (2014b). Aesthetics of sorrow: The wailing culture of Yemenite Jewish women. Wayne State University Press. https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/aesthetics-sorrow

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McGarry, M. (August 19, 2021). The evolution of the Irish funeral ritual. RTE Brainstorm. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0415/1130559-ireland-funerals-wakes-death-rituals-coronavirus/

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Mitima-Verloop, H., Mooren, T. & Boelen, P. (2021). Facilitating grief – An exploration of the function of funerals and rituals in relation to grief reactions. Death Studies, 45(9), 735-745. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2019.1686090

Natan-Yulzary, S. (2021). The role of Thitmanit as a mourner in the Kirta Epic. Ve-’Ed Ya ‘aleh (Gen 2: 6), Volume 1: Essays in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Edward L. Greenstein, 5, 99. https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/064706P-front.pdf

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PBS. (October 31, 2019). Beyond sugar skulls: The history and culture of Día de los Muertos. https://www.pbs.org/education/blog/beyond-sugar-skulls-the-history-and-culture-of-dia-de-los-muertos

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Sautter, C. (2017). Women, dance, death and lament in medieval Spain and the Mediterranean: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim examples. In Joëlle Rollo-Koster (Ed.), Death in medieval Europe: Death scripted and death choreographed (pp. 93-113). Routledge. https://www.worldcat.org/title/death-in-medieval-europe-death-scripted-and-death-choreographed/oclc/959698281

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Weiss, A. (November 2, 2010). Why Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/nov/02/mexican-celebrate-day-of-dead

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Media Attributions

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Almost. (January 16, 2023). This British woman got a dance group to perform Queen’s “Another one bites the dust” at her funeral [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Fl-_ed513RY

Best, O. (August 24, 2009). Professional mourners of Sardinia, from “women of the world” [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/kJUQxelrZX4

Cottonbro. (September 2020). A person covering the lighted candle he is holding [Photograph]. Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-person-covering-the-lighted-candle-he-is-holding-5435272/

Couleur. (May 17, 2018). Berlin Cathedral sculpture [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/berlin-cathedral-sculpture-3408348/

DailyMail. (November 28, 2018). Teenager breaks down in tears during memorial Maori Haka [Video]. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1813446/Teenager-breaks-tears-memorial-Maori-Haka.html

Danilyuk, P. (March 2021). A woman sitting on the chair [Photograph]. Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-woman-sitting-on-the-chair-7317697/

darvinsantos. (n.d.). Halloween Day of the Dead [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/halloween-day-of-the-dead-you-cheer-683170/

Geriatrics ACE Flix. (September 28, 2017). Death & dying: Cultural and religious perspectives [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR8zPWCGHEs

Hurk. (September 23, 2014). Star of David symbol [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/star-of-david-star-symbol-458372/

Indigenous Voices: Honouring our loss and grief. (n.d.). Canadian Virtual Hospice.  https://vimeo.com/141868139?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=10868544

Jarvis, D. (October 2007). India-5362-Manikarnika cremation ghat [Photograph]. Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/4nFuZk

Mcall, R. (January 16, 2018). Amritsar Golden Temple [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/amritsar-golden-temple-sikh-3083693/

Peter, J. (January 29, 2015). Mosque in Abu Dhabi [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/mosque-abu-dhabi-to-travel-white-615415/

StockSnap. (August 1, 2017). Eqypt desert animals [Photograph]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/egypt-desert-animals-camels-sand-2569182/

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Cover Photo: Esunanimalquecavagalerias. (January 2018). Farewell Serenade [Photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farewell_Serenade.jpg