Memory, Myth, and Mourning
Abstract
This chapter explores the interwoven roles of memory, myth, and mourning in making sense of loss and sustaining continuity. It critiques the modern reduction of memory to data, advocating for a return to memory as ritual and myth as a vessel for grief. Mourning is presented as a slow, sacred process of integrating absence and allowing transformation, emphasizing the psychic and cultural necessity of reclaiming these practices.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Grief
Bereavement
and Mental Health
Death
Funerary Practices
and Mourning
Memory
History
Trauma
Identity
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 34–36
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter