Jackson Aaron J. - Worlds Of Care The Emotional Lives Of Fathers Caring For Children With Disabilities - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The stories of fathers caring for non - verbal children and how these experiences alter their understandings of care masculinity and living a full life. Vulnerable narratives of fatherhood are few and far between; rarer still is an ethnography that delves into the practical and emotional realities of intensive caregiving. Grounded in the intimate everyday lives of men caring for children with major physical and intellectual disabilities Worlds of Care undertakes an exploration of how men shape their identities in the context of caregiving. Anthropologist Aaron J. Jackson fuses ethnographic research and creative nonfiction to offer an evocative account of what is required for men to create habitable worlds and find some kind of normal when their circumstances are anything but. Combining stories from his fieldwork in North America with reflections on his own experience caring for his severely disabled son Jackson argues that care has the potential to transform our understanding of who we are and how we relate to others.
Title: Worlds Of Care The Emotional Lives Of Fathers Caring For Children With Disabilities
Author(s): Jackson Aaron J.
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520379855
Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Date: 4/13/2021
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology
Category: Advice On Parenting