Living with Brain Injury by J Eric Stewart

Living with Brain Injury by J Eric Stewart

Showcases how - and on what terms - the women come to re-author identity, community, and meaning post-injury.

"Identity is one of the most enduring but complex topics in disability studiesHow do you create a positive sense of self in the midst of a severely devalued and marginalized status? Sadly, the voices of people with brain injuries are virtually absent in the literature about their experience. J. Eric Stewart's research thus addresses a critical gap. But this is much more than a study about brain injury. With the help of ten gracious informants, Stewart has produced a stunning work on identity and human transformation. Through his scrupulous attention to his informants accounts and his painstaking analysis, he reveals a complex humanity in these women's experiences that is rarely associated with brain injury. By striking a creative balance between the personal story of recovery and its broader social/cultural significance, he contributes significantly to disability studies and provides illuminating reading for psychologists, students in disability and health fields, scholars studying embodiment and culture, and disability advocates. Above all, his fidelity to the women's stories shines through the book from beginning to end, serving as an instructive example of respectful and intuitive qualitative research. The result is a wonderful balance of intellectual sophistication and grounded, accessible information." (Carol J. Gill, University of Illinois at Chicago) "A beautifully written and moving account of how we adjust to a radical discontinuity in our narratives about who we are and where we belong in society. Few people truly understand the extent to which a brain injury can change our abilities, our social status, our physical appearance, even our personalities, all deeply affecting our basic sense of self. This book marries superb scholarship in qualitative analysis with inspired writing about the personal experiences of individuals who have lost much, but through struggle and commitment have learned to tell a new and satisfying story about themselves. Here we learn about the commonalities of the challenges as well as come to appreciate the diversity and creativity of the solutions." (Wendy Heller, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana) "Stewart succeeds in shining a critical light upon the workings of society and in particular on the subjectification of disabled people. The experiences in this book emphasize how this subjectification occurs in the dominant discourses that direct both society as a whole and rehabilitation units in society." (Sociology & Illness)

J. Eric Stewart is a Clinical-Community Psychologist and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell.

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ISBN 13	9780814764718
ISBN 10	0814764711
Title	Living with Brain Injury
Author	J Eric Stewart
Series	Qualitative Studies In Psychology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	New York University Press
Year published	2013-12-16
Number of pages	255
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