Disrupted lives : how people create meaning in a chaotic world /

Our lives are full of disruptions, from the minor - a flat tire, an unexpected phone call - to the fateful - a diagnosis of infertility, an illness, the death of a loved one. And the ways in which we come to understand and cope with these disruptions can say as much about our cultural heritage as th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Becker, Gaylene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Life change events > United States.
Adjustment (Psychology) > United States.
Life change events.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Life Change Events
Adaptation, Psychological
Événements stressants de la vie > États-Unis.
Ajustement (Psychologie) > États-Unis.
Événements stressants de la vie.
Adaptation (Psychologie)
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology
Adjustment (Psychology)
Life change events
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mediating disruption
  • Narratives as cultural documents
  • Order and chaos
  • Metaphors as mediators in disrupted lives
  • The disordered body
  • Personal responsibility for continuity
  • Living in limbo
  • Creating order out of chaos
  • Healing the body through the mind
  • Metaphors of transformation
  • Disruption and the creation of continuity.

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