California Series in Public Anthropology #51: Worlds of Care

The Emotional Lives of Fathers Caring for Children with Disabilities

California Series in Public Anthropology #51: Worlds of Care
Aaron J Jackson
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13 Apr 2021 US
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9780520379855
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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.

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Worlds of Care: The Emotional Lives of Fathers Caring for Children with Disabilities

"Anthropologist Jackson sheds light on the lives of ' men caring for children with major cognitive and physical disabilities' in his vulnerable and edifying debut. " * Publishers Weekly *
Aaron J. Jackson is an anthropologist living and working in Melbourne. His research focuses on fatherhood, care, and disability.
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ISBN-13: 9780520379855
Published: 13 Apr 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 216

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