Tears of Shame: Sri Lankan Mothers Negotiating Experiences of Caregiving and Disability

Fiona Kumari Campbell

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94241-0_8

Tears of Shame: Sri Lankan Mothers Negotiating Experiences of Caregiving and Disability

Fiona Kumari Campbell (Lead / Corresponding author)

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94241-0_8
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2022

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Tears of Shame: Sri Lankan Mothers Negotiating Experiences of Caregiving and Disability. / Campbell, Fiona Kumari (Lead / Corresponding author).
Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice. ed. / Christine Cocker; Trish Hafford-Letchfield. 1. ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2022. p. 141-157.

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