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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
1997.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32142420*spi |
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.
