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Question: Analyze the roles of cultural contexts in understanding death.
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Due to this massive topic, you might look at this page for a list of cultural facts:
http://dying.about.com/od/cultureanddeath/Cultural_Perspectives_on_Death_Dying_and_Bereavement.htm
As you look at how death is seen in cultural contexts, you might use Japanese culture as one example. Research shows that this culture does not have a concept or expression of grief like we as Americans or Westerners do. Instead, this "distinction between grief and mourning does not hold up to cross-cultural scrutiny. The concept of grief is an artifact of modernity. Grief as a real subjective state grows from a culture that prizes ...
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