Disrupted lives : how people create meaning in a chaotic world /

Main Author: Becker, Gaylene.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Mediating disruption
  • Narratives as cultural documents
  • Order and chaos
  • Metaphors as mediators in disrupted lives
  • The disordered body
  • Personal responsibility for continuity
  • Living in limbo
  • Creating order out of chaos
  • Healing the body through the mind
  • Metaphors of transformation
  • Disruption and the creation of continuity.