Sympathy Cards and Death
“The sympathy card allows the sender to acknowledge the death event while still preserving the cultural taboo against talking about it explicity. Acceptance and avoidance, nearness and distance, merge in the message of the card and in the act of sending it.”
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1977
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Theology today
Year: 1977, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-177 |
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| Summary: | “The sympathy card allows the sender to acknowledge the death event while still preserving the cultural taboo against talking about it explicity. Acceptance and avoidance, nearness and distance, merge in the message of the card and in the act of sending it.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057367703400205 |