Parental Grief and Photographic Remembrance
Parental Grief and Photographic Remembrance Photographic portraits of those who have passed have the potential to become valuable sites of remembrance. This book shines a light on how semi-private…
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Parental Grief and Photographic Remembrance
Photographic portraits of those who have passed have the potential to become valuable sites of remembrance. This book shines a light on how semi-private social media groups enable the bereaved parents of today to navigate their grief in the modern world. Across North America and Western Europe, parents are increasingly unfamiliar with death; lacking the rituals and tools that have historically eased the bereavement process.
By shining a light on recurrent tendencies and their evolution within new media this book offers an opportunity to observe the complex relationships grief can prompt some individuals to form with the portraits of absent loved ones.As social networking sites continue to enable the The author explores how creative, and sometimes contested, incorporations of photography within these online spaces demonstrate a revival and renegotiation of historic practices.