Abstract
This chapter presents original research about configurations of shame (lajja-baya) as it is understood within a Sri Lankan Buddhist framework and its impact on mothers and partners where a family member experiences disability. Understandings of care ethics in Western societies are formulated through a prism of possessive individualism and a demarcation of the private and public spheres. In order to engage with anti-racist practice, practitioners and researchers must embark on the journey of comparative travel and shift our frames altogether to see things. The delimitations of this study is critically outlined and I engage with the notion of mothering and child learning. A discussion of family-kin relations (parvula) will move to an exploration of fear-shame through the concept of lajja-baya in women’s and girls’ lives and how this might impact on caregiving roles.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice |
Editors | Christine Cocker, Trish Hafford-Letchfield |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. |
Chapter | 8 |
Pages | 141-157 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030942410 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030942403 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Apr 2022 |