Our Grateful Dead – Stories of Those Left Behind Despret Muecke Hardback

Our Grateful DeadStories of Those Left Behind\nAuthor(s): Vinciane Despret, Stephen Muecke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517911409, 978-1517911409\nSynopsis\nAn award-winning exploration of the presence of the dead in the lives of the living\n\n A common remedy after suffering the loss of a loved one is to progress through the stages of grief, with acceptance as the final stage in the process. But is it necessary to leave death behind, to stop dwelling on the dead, to get over the pain? Vinciane Despret thinks not. In her fascinating, elegantly translated book, this influential thinker argues that, in practice, people in all cultures continue to enjoy a lively, inventive, positive relationship with their dead.\n\nThrough her unique storytelling woven from ethnographic sources and her own family history, Despret assembles accounts of those who have found ways to live their daily lives wi.