Identity Construction and Illness Narratives in Persons with ... - 9780367898717

Taylor & Francis

Identity Construction and Illness Narratives in Persons with DisabilitiesAuthor(s): Chalotte Glintborg, Manuel L. de la Mata\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367898717, 978-0367898717\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates how being diagnosed with various disabilities impacts on identity. Once diagnosed with a disability, there is a risk that this label can become the primary status both for the person diagnosed as well as for their family. This reification of the diagnosis can be oppressive because it subjugates humanity in such a way that everything a person does can be interpreted as linked to their disability. \n\nDrawing on narrative approaches to identity in psychology and social sciences, the bio-psycho-social model and a holistic approach to disabilities, the chapters in this book understand disability as constructed in discourse, as negotiated among speaking subjects in social contexts, and as emergent. By do.