Women of Color in a World Apart: An Ethnography of Care Workers and Dementia

ISBN-13: 9780367370800 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 162 str.

Anne K. Vittoria

Opis

Through ethnographic research focused on the local culture and logic of care, Vittoria documents that when given autonomy in their daily work, Certified Nursing Assistants constructed a systematic body of knowledge and created a language of care – forging a "different" model of personal care in resistance to the medical model of care.

O autorze

Anne K. Vittoria is Associate Professor of Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology, Aging, and Consumer Society at the State University of New York Cortland. Support for this research and writing came from the National Alzheimer’s Association and the SUNY Dresher Award.