Identity (Re)constructions After Brain Injury: Personal and Family Identity (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies) - Softcover

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Glintborg, Chalotte

 
9780367728816: Identity (Re)constructions After Brain Injury: Personal and Family Identity (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367728818 ISBN 13: 9780367728816
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Identity (Re)constructions After Brain Injury: Personal and Family Identity investigates how being diagnosed with acquired brain injury (ABI) impacts identity (re)construction in both adults with ABI and their close relatives.

To show how being diagnosed with ABI impacts identity (re)construction, this book investigates key patterns of identity construction. Discourse analysis, especially on the concept of positioning, provides an understanding of the changes and developmental processes in these self-narratives. These narrative (re)constructions point to a developmental change of identity in the course of the different phases of the recovery process for both persons with ABI and their relatives, including conflicting voices from society, service providers, relatives, and other adults with ABI. In addition, the (re)construction process is characterized by much ambivalence in both ABI survivors and relatives.

Three perspectives are triangulated: (1) an insider perspective from ABI survivors; (2) an insider perspective from relatives; and (3) an outsider perspective from the researchers. This allows us to see how identities are negotiated and constructed in concrete situations. This innovative book will be required reading for all students and academics working in the fields of disability studies, rehabilitation psychology, sociology, allied health, and social care.

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About the Author

Chalotte Glintborg, Ph.D. in psychology, is a scientist from Aalborg University who specialises in rehabilitation psychology. Her research has centred on exploring first person perspectives on the emotional consequences of living with disabilities, including identity problems, distress, shame, and depression.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367728818
ISBN 13 
9780367728816
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
134

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