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Human(e) : a radical reimagining of grief, loss and learning to live without / by Rachelle Bensoussan

Author
Bensoussan, Rachelle
Additional Titles
Human
Published
Toronto : Demeter Press, 2024.
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Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Grief Literacy -- Before We Begin -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Human Stories of Disenfranchised Grief -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Works Cited -- About the Author
Summary
"Written by a Queer woman of North African and Middle Eastern descent, Human(e) takes a radically non-pathology-based approach to grief and loss. In this intimate and reflective auto-ethnographic book, Bensoussan asserts that grief is a biological imperative; a life-sustaining necessity that is vital to our survival. Human(e) explores how our species has been living with, and metabolizing loss, well before there were licensed professionals and accredited institutions. Bensoussan examines the inadequacy of the idea that grief is normal, as grief goes well beyond the Western-colonial binary of normal and abnormal. Grief is human, and to grieve is to be human. Rachelle seamlessly and beautifully weaves together her vast professional expertise on grief with her own personal lived experiences of loss. Human(e) is a must read for anyone learning to live without."--
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ISBN
9781772585179 (electronic bk.)
1772585173 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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