Moral Laboratories
Family Peril and the Struggle for a Good Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8075993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheryl Mattingly (0009-0004-0182-5319, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 262 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Moral Laboratories (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520281196.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4236413276 |
| Open Library | OL28540990M |
| ISBN | 9780520281196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 313 |
Moral Laboratories is an engaging ethnography and a groundbreaking foray into the anthropology of morality. It 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. Challenging depictions of moral transformation as possible only in moments of breakdown or in radical breaches from the ordinary, it offers a compelling portrait of the transformative powers embedded in day-to-day existence. From soccer fields to dinner tables, the everyday emerges as a moral laboratory for reshaping moral life. Cheryl Mattingly offers vivid and heart-wrenching stories to elaborate a first-person ethical framework, forcefully showing the limits of third-person renderings of morality
Anthropological Studies and Insights · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Race, Genetics, and Society · African american families · Anthropology · Children with disabilities · Chronically ill children · Health Care Delivery · Los angeles (calif.) · Medical · Medical anthropology · Medical care · Medical Ethics · Moral and ethical aspects · Social conditions · Social Science · Sociology
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| Unique citing works | 313 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 28,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 307 |