Why does funeral attendance matter? Revisiting 'configurational eulogies' in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Why does funeral attendance matter? Revisiting 'configurational eulogies' in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
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为什么参加葬礼很重要？
DOI：
10.1080/13576275.2023.2225029
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发表时间：
2023
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0.8
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Riley J
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作者：
Riley J
本文以英国在 COVID−19 大流行期间经历的葬礼出席规范受到的破坏为视角，阐释葬礼出席为何以及如何重要。它利用了广泛的定性数据集，通过半结构化访谈收集了 68 名在 COVID-19 大流行期间失去亲人和/或在死亡护理中工作或志愿服务的不同样本。它首先探讨了受访者对聚会受到限制时葬礼不足的担忧。其次，它描述了人们在传统葬礼出席人数有限的情况下向死者致敬、提供和寻求支持的一系列额外和替代方式。第三，它解释了为什么对一些人来说，因流行病限制而举行的小型葬礼是受欢迎的经历。这些发现支持了贝利和沃尔特关于“配置悼词”的有影响力的理论的发展：虽然“出席率很高”的葬礼对许多人来说仍然很重要，但哀悼者通过多样化和不断发展的活动范围为配置悼词做出了贡献。 COVID-19 大流行引发的葬礼聚会和活动的变化可以理解为在不断变化的社会背景下重新配置悼词曲目的动态过程的一部分。
This paper uses disruption to norms of funeral attendance experienced in the UK during the COVID−19 pandemic as a lens to illuminate why and how funeral attendance can matter. It draws on an extensive qualitative dataset, gathered through semi-structured interviews with a diverse sample of 68 individuals who were bereaved and/or worked or volunteered in death care during the COVID−19 pandemic. It first examines interviewees’ concerns about the insufficiency of funerals when gatherings were restricted. Second, it depicts the range of additional and alternative ways people found to pay tribute to the deceased and to offer and seek support when conventional funeral attendance was limited. Third, it explains why, for some, the smaller funerals necessitated by pandemic restrictions were welcome experiences. These findings support a development of Bailey and Walter’s influential theorising concerning ‘configurational eulogies’: while a ‘well-attended’ funeral still matters to many, mourners contribute to configurational eulogies through a diverse and evolving range of activities. The shifts in funeral gatherings and activities prompted by the COVID−19 pandemic can be understood as part of dynamic processes of reconfiguring eulogistic repertoires in changing social contexts.