Grief, identity, and the arts: a multidisciplinary perspective on expressions of grief

Abstract

"Death and grief have often elicited the response of creativity, from elegies and requiems to memorial architecture. Such artistic expressions of grief form the focus of Grief, Identity, and the Arts, which brings together scholars from the disciplines of musicology, literature, sociology, film studies, social work, and museum studies. While presenting one or more case studies from a range of artistic disciplines, historical periods, or geographical areas, each chapter addresses the interdependence of grief and identity in the arts. The volume as a whole shows how artistic expressions of grief are both influenced by and contribute to constructions of religious, national, familial, social, and artistic identities. Contributors include: Tammy Clewell, Lizet Duyvendak, David Gist, Maryam Haiawi, Owen Hansen, Maggie Jackson, Christoph Jedan, Bram Lambrecht , Carlo Leo, Wolfgang Marx, Tijl Nuyts, Despoina Papastathi , Julia Płaczkiewicz, Bavjola Shatro, Caroline Supply, Nicolette van den Bogerd, Eric Venbrux, Janneke Weijermars, Miriam Wendling, and Mariske Westendorp"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Mary's grief in 18th-century Passion oratorios : some note on its confessional and interconfessional aspects / Maryam Haiawi -- Here is their spirit : contemporary expressions of grief at the Australian War Memorial / David Gist -- Dutch mourning poetry in the 19th century : the case of Prudens van Duyse's Natalia (1842) / Janneke Weijermars -- Contested legacies of modernist memorialization : the May 4 Memorial / Tammy Clewell.