Boy Interrupted - Biographical disruption during the transition to adulthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nikki Wedgwood (0000-0002-1928-7860, Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney Australia, corresponding author), Louisa Smith (0000-0001-7026-0607, Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney Australia), Tereza Hendl (0000-0002-6472-7028, Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney Australia), Russell Shuttleworth (Faculty of Health School of Health & Social Development Deakin University Geelong Australia) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-34 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.12984 |
| PMID | 31359462 |
| OpenAlex | W2966853089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 43 |
Most studies on the gendered aspects of biographical disruption are predicated on adult experiences of chronic illness, often based on heterogeneous samples. This paper goes beyond typologies by analysing the life-history case study of 'Sam', a 23-year-old Australian man raised in a refugee family, who developed a disabling chronic health condition at 15 years of age. The analysis illustrates how critical contextual factors like life-phase, combine with powerful social structures like ethnicity and gender to shape Sam's experiences of, and responses to, biographical disruption. Even before the onset of any symptoms, Sam was railing against the marginal position he occupied in the Australian gender order as a young Asian man. With little guidance on how to adapt his biography to integrate his new differently functioning body, Sam's transition to adulthood stalls, and he becomes in effect, a boy interrupted
Biography · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Life course approach · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Anthropology · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |