Meanings of Sisterhood and Developmental Disability: Narratives from White Nondisabled Sisters

Autor/inn/en	McGraw, Lori A.; Walker, Alexis J.
Titel	Meanings of Sisterhood and Developmental Disability: Narratives from White Nondisabled Sisters
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 28 (2007) 4, S.474-500 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X06297312
Schlagwörter	Ideology; Females; Siblings; Developmental Disabilities; Sibling Relationship; Gender Issues; Feminism; Moral Values; Personal Narratives; Adults; Social Attitudes; Sex Stereotypes; Gender Bias; Social Bias; Resistance (Psychology); Family Environment; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ideologie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sibling; Geschwister; Entwicklungsstörung; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Geschlechterfrage; Feminismus; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Erlebniserzählung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Geschlechterstereotyp; Resistenz; Familienmilieu; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Integrating thought from critical feminist and disability theorists via a strategic social constructionist perspective, the authors analyzed 10 in-depth qualitative interviews to begin to understand the dialogue between (a) how nondisabled sisters understand themselves and their siblings with developmental disabilities and (b) wider systems of power or discourse. The women in this exploratory study described themselves as good sisters by portraying their siblings with disabilities as normal, emphasizing opportunities for moral enhancement, minimizing personal sacrifices, and accepting the gendered nature of family care. This study suggests that nondisabled sisters co-opt ideology that holds women accountable for moral conduct in families to oppose discourse that devalues people with disabilities. This ideology does not, however, help them transcend a gender system that requires mothers and sisters but not fathers and brothers to engage in family care. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10