Ponad 4 miliony tytułów w języku angielskim i innych językach! Odkryj swoją nową historię już dziś!

Raising Generation Rx

Name: Raising Generation Rx
Brand: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9781479891870
Price: 506.05 PLN
Availability: InStock

Mothering Kids with Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality

Autor: Linda M Blum

Język:

Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy

Wysyłamy za 9-15 dni

506.05 zł

Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of children diagnosed with "invisible disabilities...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Linda M Blum

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2015

strony

320

EAN

9781479891870

ISBN

1479891878

Enbook ID

09240908

Wydawca

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Waga

608

Wymiary

152 x 229 x 22

Pełny opis

Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of children diagnosed with "invisible disabilities" such as ADHD, mood and conduct disorders, and high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Whether they are viewed as biological problems in brain wiring or as results of the increasing medicalization of childhood, the burden of dealing with the day-to-day trials and complex medical and educational decisions falls almost entirely on mothers. Yet few ask how these mothers make sense of their children's troubles, and to what extent they feel responsibility or blame. Raising Generation Rx offers a groundbreaking study that situates mothers' experiences within an age of neuroscientific breakthrough, a high-stakes knowledge-based economy, cutbacks in public services and decent jobs, and increased global competition and racialized class and gender inequality. Through in-depth interviews, observations of parents' meetings, and analyses of popular advice, Linda Blum examines the experiences of diverse mothers coping with the challenges of their children's "invisible disabilities" in the face of daunting social, economic, and political realities. She reveals how mothers in widely varied households learn to advocate for their children in the dense bureaucracies of the educational and medical systems; wrestle with anguishing decisions about the use of psychoactive medications; and live with the inescapable blame and stigma in their communities.