Emotional Reserve and the English Way of Grief

Abstract

White English people are not prone to wearing their emotions on their sleeves, and they are expected to bear suffering with a stiff upper lip. English men, in particular, are not supposed to weep and hug each other — except on the football field. Does this emotional reserve lead to a particularly English way of managing grief? In this chapter, I identify six different social norms which govern the English way of grief. Since these norms can conflict with one another, my analysis provides a framework for looking at change as well as at continuity. (By ‘the English’ I refer primarily to those of English descent, living in England; the British way of death is considerably more varied than the English. 2 ) These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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