Women's Voices: Finding solace out of disaster

dc.contributor.authorMcManus, R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-20T20:50:05Z
dc.date.available2017-02-20T20:50:05Z
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.description.abstractGrief and solace in disasters. Finding Solace - Solace as an approach to the adjustments and transitions of grief ‘it is that which brings hope in the future in the face of despair’ (Klass, 1992). Understanding solace in a disaster situation - Disaster research on Western countries sees grief as complicated, solace difficult to achieve (as can’t do the usual things like say goodbye). Coping is through talking about the experiences and individual psychological counselling (Raphael, B. 2012). Disaster research on non-Western countries focuses on cultural characteristics as source of coping and solace (strong religious beliefs, strong communities etc., which naturally generate the social space to talk with others as a form of witnessing in which ‘comfort was sought and gained through the process of sharing experiences of suffering’(Kanayake et al., 2013). Coping (solace) is supposed to come through talking...en
dc.identifier.citationRuth McManus (2014) Women's Voices: Finding solace out of disaster. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: SAANZ 2014, 4th December 2014.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/13199
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciencesen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropologyen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences::1701 - Psychology::170113 - Social and Community Psychologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences::1701 - Psychology::170105 - Gender Psychologyen
dc.titleWomen's Voices: Finding solace out of disasteren
dc.title.alternativeHow Christchurch women cope with earthquake disasteren
dc.typeConference Contributions - Other
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