Abnormality and Normality
Author | : Ethel Roskies |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2019-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501743146 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501743147 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Download or read book Abnormality and Normality written by Ethel Roskies and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study of a highly unusual form of maternity is a valuable addition to the literature on handicapped or deviant children. It is an account of how mothers who took part in a government-sponsored habilitation program in Montreal perceived the process of bearing and rearing (or deciding not to rear) a child with congenital thalidomide-induced deformities. Professor Roskies traces how the biological, psychological, and social factors interacted—and changed over time—as she sought to conceptualize and describe a new way of understanding the elements involved in the mothering of a handicapped child. She raises a number of disturbing questions about our customary ways of viewing this form of mother–child relationship.