Massive Violent Death and Contested National Mourning in Post-Authoritarian Chile and Argentina: A Sociocultural Application of the Dual Process Model

This article uses the dual process model (DPM) in an analysis of the national mourning of tens of thousands of disappeared in Chile and Argentina by adapting the model from the individual to the collective level where society as a whole is bereaved. Perpetrators are also involved in the national mou...

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Published in:Death studies 2014-05, Vol.38 (5), p.335-345
Main Author: Robben, Antonius C. G. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Argentina
Argentina - ethnology
Chile
Chile - ethnology
Coping
Culture
Death
Grief
Health technology assessment
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Individual Collective Relationship
Models, Psychological
Mortality
Sociocultural Factors
Violence
Violence - psychology
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Summary:This article uses the dual process model (DPM) in an analysis of the national mourning of tens of thousands of disappeared in Chile and Argentina by adapting the model from the individual to the collective level where society as a whole is bereaved. Perpetrators are also involved in the national mourning process as members of a bereaved society. This article aims to (a) demonstrate the DPMs significance for the analysis of national mourning in post-conflict societies and (b) explain oscillations between loss orientation and restoration orientation in coping with massive losses that seem contradictory from a grief work perspective.
ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481187.2013.766653