Moral laboratories :: family peril and the struggle for a good life /

Moral Laboratories is an engaging ethnography and a groundbreaking foray into the anthropology of morality. It takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggle...

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1. Verfasser: Mattingly, Cheryl, 1951-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:Moral Laboratories is an engaging ethnography and a groundbreaking foray into the anthropology of morality. It takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggles for a good life. Challenging depictions of moral transformation as possible only in moments of breakdown or in radical breaches from the ordinary, it offers a compelling portrait of the transformative powers embedded in day-to-day existence. From soccer fields to dinner tables, the everyday emerge.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 261 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1322076111
9781322076119
9780520959538
0520959531