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With regards to the end of a relationship, the loss of someone you care about, or perhaps a national tragedy, we tend to be told we are in need of "closure." But while many people do find closure because of their pain and grief, many more believe that closure does not exist and consider the notion only encourages fake expectations. Sociologist Nancy Berns explores these ideas and their ramifications in her well-timed book, Closure. Berns uncovers the various interpretations and contradictory meanings of closure. She recognizes six types of "closure converse," exposing closure as a socially made theory and a "new feelings. "Berns explores how closure has been applied generally in popular advertising and how the idea has been appropriated as a political tool and to sell products and services. This book explains how the force for closure - whether we find it helpful, engaging, or enraging - is changing our culture. Honorable Talk about from the Sociology of Emotions section of the American Sociological Relationship, 2012.
