Human(e): (Paperback)

Rachelle Bensoussan

ISBN 10: 1772585041 / ISBN 13: 9781772585049

Published by Demeter Press, ON, 2024

About this Item

Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human(e): (Paperback)
• Publisher: Demeter Press, ON
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1772585041
• ISBN 13: 9781772585049
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Rachelle Bensoussan holds a master’ s degree in Thanatology and has spent the last fifteen years building community-based bereavement programs across Southern Ontario. She is a former faculty member at both McMaster University’ s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and King’ s University College. Rachelle is a two-time nominee for the Association of Death Education and Counselling’ s Clinical Educator Award and Community Educator Award. Rachelle is a Queer-identified woman of North-African & Middle Eastern descent.