Grief and a Headhunter’s Rage

There were times in my life after losing my closest that I felt the rage in the ‘anger stage’ of grieving (that’s what I was told anyway) to the point of headhunting (in my head).
I liked the part about Rosaldo trying to impose the exchange theory to make the headhunting seem more noble and acceptable in his mind. This read is intriguing to me thus far.
Wow. The part about Christianity relieving the bereavement process is so true. Grief over a death would be so much more without an afterlife as a possibility.
He mentioned Clifford Geertz!
I found it odd that he called his wife by first and last name through the beginning of the essay. I think I know now why (after reading the abrupt story of how she died). I think it was a respectful way of presenting her to the world. My boyfriend of 3 and a half years died in a motorcycle accident last April and I find myself talking about him with his full name also. Josh Cornell.
I was watching Last One Standing on the Discovery Channel and they showed a ritual that the tribe members mourned for their lost ones. Rosaldo talks about ritual dancing to express mourning. I almost wish that our society did some sort of symbolic ritual like that without it being weird. I can totally see the cathartic value of it.