A Holy Mess of a Story: Maternal Reflections on Caregiving, Chaos, and Intellectual Disability

Drawing on Frank’s illness narratives, the mother of a profoundly disabled son argues that Vanier and Nouwen’s descriptions of caregiving conform to the socially mandated quest narrative requiring stories of triumph. Their stories of spiritual growth have become a master text colonizing the experien...

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Main Author: Macgregor, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 124-137
Further subjects:B parent
B Suffering
B L’Arche
B intellectual disability
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