Description
Book SynopsisFragile Resonance describes the paths carers take as they make meaning of their experiences and find a sense of moral purpose to sustain them and guide their decisions. When a parent or partner becomes frail or disabled, often a family member assumes responsibility for their care. But family care is a physically and emotionally exhausting undertaking. Carers experience moments of profound connection as well as pain and grief. Carers ask themselves questions about the meaning of family, their entitlement to support, and their capacity to understand and sympathize with another person''s pain.
Based on his research gathering stories of family carers in Japan and England, Jason Danely traces how care transforms individual sensibilities and the roles of cultural narratives and imagination in shaping these transformations, which persist even after the care recipient has died. Throughout Fragile Resonance, Danely examines the implications of unpaid carer'
Trade Review
Fragile Resonance is a valuable contribution to the body of ethnographies that focus on the unpaid care of older people within the family setting from an intimate, ethical, and phenomenological perspective.
* American Anthropologist *
Because the book also addresses an audience of carers, Danely makes sure not to overload it with academic jargon, which is appreciated. Those who look for philosophical, historical, and theoretical contexts can find this in the illuminating and in-depth footnotes.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Cultural Ecologies of Care
2. Becoming a Carer
3. Fatigue and Endurance
4. Dangerous Compassion
5. Counter-worlds of Care
6. Living On
7. The Politics of Care
Conclusion
