04229nam 22007215 450 991084699060332120240304190030.00-8147-7022-310.18574/9780814770221(CKB)2670000000430863(EBL)1463597(OCoLC)860626221(SSID)ssj0001002091(PQKBManifestationID)11537876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002091(PQKBWorkID)10995574(PQKB)11411760(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325803(MiAaPQ)EBC1463597(OCoLC)862135527(MdBmJHUP)muse27867(DE-B1597)547513(DE-B1597)9780814770221(EXLCZ)99267000000043086320200608h20132013 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving with Brain Injury Narrative, Community, and Women’s Renegotiation of Identity /J. Eric StewartNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (256 p.)Qualitative Studies in Psychology ;19Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6048-1 0-8147-6471-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. People and Methodology --2. Meeting Post-Injury --3. Oneself as Another --4. Fighting --5. Sense (and Sensibility) of Community --6. Wrestling with an Angel --Coda --Appendix --References --About the AuthorWhen Nancy was in her late twenties, she began having blinding headaches, tunnel vision, and dizziness, which led to the discovery of an abnormality on her brain stem. Complications during surgery caused serious brain damage, resulting in partial paralysis of the left side of her body and memory and cognitive problems. Although she was constantly evaluated by her doctors, Nancy’s own questions and her distress got little attention in the hospital. Later, despite excellent job performance post-injury, her physical impairments were regarded as an embarrassment to the “perfect” and “beautiful” corporate image of her employer.Many conversations about brain injury are deficit-focused: those with disabilities are typically spoken about by others, as being a problem about which something must be done. In Living with Brain Injury, J. Eric Stewart takes a new approach, offering narratives which highlight those with brain injury as agents of recovery and change in their own lives.Stewart draws on in-depth interviews with ten women with acquired brain injuries to offer an evocative, multi-voiced account of the women’s strategies for resisting marginalization and of their process of making sense of new relationships to self, to family and friends, to work, and to community. Bridging psychology, disability studies, and medical sociology, Living with Brain Injury showcases how—and on what terms—the women come to re-author identity, community, and meaning post-injury.Qualitative Studies in PsychologySOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's StudiesbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender StudiesbisacshPSYCHOLOGY / GeneralbisacshWomenPhysiologySocial aspectsWomenHealth and hygienePsychological aspectsBrain damagePatientsRehabilitationCase studiesSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.PSYCHOLOGY / General.WomenPhysiologySocial aspects.WomenHealth and hygienePsychological aspects.Brain damagePatientsRehabilitation617.4810443PSY000000SOC032000SOC028000bisacshStewart J. Ericauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1725340DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910846990603321Living with Brain Injury4128277UNINA