Title

Bereavement, Gender, And Cyberspace: A Content Analysis Of Parents' Memorials To Their Children

Abstract

The study investigated how two distinct perspectives apply to the role of gender in parents' memorials on Compassionate Friends (TCF) electronic bulletin board; cyberspace as merely a mirror of societal gendered patterns of bereavement, and cyberspace as a medium or context in which societal gendered patterns of bereavement are neutralized. Data were evaluated to determine to what extent gender differences exist concerning instrumental versus intuitive styles of bereavement. Analytic categories used in assessing gender differences in parental bereavement style included the following: invoking spirituality, directing messages to the deceased, artistic expressions, and special powers accorded to the deceased. With some exceptions, the findings supported the perspective emphasizing the gender neutralizing aspects of cyberspace parental bereavement for the population studied. © 2007, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.

Publication Date

9-10-2007

Publication Title

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volume

54

Issue

4

Number of Pages

263-279

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.2190/R865-85X7-15J0-0713

Socpus ID

34548407042 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34548407042

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