{"product_id":"moral-laboratories-9780520281202","title":"Moral Laboratories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an ethnography and a foray into the anthropology of morality. This book takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggles for a good life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mattingly convincingly bolsters her claims ... an excellent demonstration of ethnographic and theoretical work.\" -- Ezelle Sanford III Center for Medical Humanities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   Prologue   Part One. First Person Virtue Ethics 1. Experimental Soccer and the Good Life   2. First Person Virtue Ethics and the Anthropology of Morality   Part Two. Moral Becoming and the Everyday 3. Home Experiments: Scenes from the Moral Ordinary   4. Luck, Friendship, and the Narrative Self   5. Moral Tragedy: The Perils of a Superstrong Black Mother   6. The Flight of the Blue Balloons: Narrative Suspense and the Play of Possible Selves   Part Three. Moral Pluralism as Cultural Possibility 7. Rival Moral Traditions and the Miracle Baby   8. Dueling Confessions: Revolution in the First Person   9. Tragedy, Possibility, and Philosophical Anthropology   Bibliography   Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402868629847,"sku":"9780520281202","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520281202.jpg?v=1730481730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moral-laboratories-9780520281202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}