1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466896703321

Autore

Lavie Smadar

Titolo

Wrapped in the flag of Israel : Mizrahi single mothers and bureaucratic torture / / Smadar Lavie ; with a new afterword by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4962-0750-5

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Expanding frontiers : interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality

Disciplina

306.87432095694

Soggetti

Single mothers - Israel - Social conditions - 21st century

Single mothers - Israel - Economic conditions - 21st century

Mizrahim - Israel - Social conditions - 21st century

Mizrahim - Israel - Economic conditions - 21st century

Feminists - Political activity - Israel

Social movements - Israel

Electronic books.

Israel Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Left is right, right is left : Zionism and Israel's single mothers -- Chapter 2. Protesting and belonging : when the agency of identity politics becomes impossible -- Chapter 3. Take 1: The gende race essence of bureaucratic torture -- Chapter 4. Take 2: Ideology, welfare, and single mothers -- Chapter 5. Take 3: Diary of a welfare mother -- Chapter 6. The price of national security.

Sommario/riassunto

Weaving together memoir, auto-ethnography, political analysis, and cultural critique, Lavie equates bureaucratic entanglements with pain--and, arguably, torture--to examine the conundrum of loving and staying loyal to a state that repeatedly inflicts pain on its non-European Jewish women citizens.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463121703321

Titolo

Older people's mental health today : a handbook / / edited by Toby Williamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

England : , : Pavilion Publishing, , 2009

ISBN

1-908993-81-2

1-908066-96-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (487 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsonToby

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Mental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Mental health and well-being of older people; Chapter 1: Old age and mental health in the context of the life span: what are the key issues in the 21st century?; Chapter 2: Mental health and well-being in later life: definitions and determinants; Chapter 3: Addressing the challenges to mental health and well-being in later life; Chapter 4: What do you expect at your age?; Part 2: Care and support of older people with mental health problems; Chapter 5: The older people's mental health legal and policy framework

Chapter 6: Working with older people who have dementiaChapter 7: Depression and anxiety in later life: making visible the invisible; Chapter 8: Older people with lifelong mental health problems; Chapter 9: Older people, suicide and self-harm; Chapter 10: Involving families, carers and friends of older people with mental health problems; Chapter 11: Integrating health and social care; Chapter 12: Person-centred care and recovery; Chapter 13: Involving older people in service planning, development and evaluation

Chapter 14: Housing: the backdrop to good mental health and well-being in later lifeChapter 15: Dignity in care of older people with mental health problems; Chapter 16: Adult protection and risk among older people with mental health problems; Chapter 17: Mental health, palliative care for older people and end of life care



Sommario/riassunto

This handbook is a collection of chapters written by experts in the field of older people's mental health.