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Autore |
Mattingly Cheryl <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Moral laboratories : family peril and the struggle for a good life / / Cheryl Mattingly |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-28120-9 |
0-520-95953-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Chronically ill children - Medical care - Moral and ethical aspects - California - Los Angeles County |
Children with disabilities - Medical care - Moral and ethical aspects - California - Los Angeles County |
African American families - California - Los Angeles County |
Medical anthropology - California - Los Angeles County |
Medical ethics - California - Los Angeles County |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Experimental Soccer and the Good Life -- Chapter 2. First Person Virtue Ethics and the Anthropology of Morality -- Chapter 3. Home Experiments -- Chapter 4. Luck, Friendship, and the Narrative Self -- Chapter 5. Moral Tragedy -- Chapter 6. The Flight of the Blue Balloons -- Chapter 7. Rival Moral Traditions and the Miracle Baby -- Chapter 8. Dueling Confessions -- Chapter 9. Tragedy, Possibility, and Philosophical Anthropology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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