URL

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cwhbc/detail.action?docID=6475884

Author

Downe, Pamela

Place of Publication

Toronto, ON

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

171p.

Subject

Indigenous

Aboriginal Health

Motherhood

HIV/AIDS

Abstract

Collective Care provides an ethnographic account of urban Indigenous life and caregiving practices in the face of Saskatchewan's HIV epidemic. Based on a five-year study conducted in partnership with AIDS Saskatoon, the book focuses on the contrast between Indigenous values of collective kin-care and non-Indigenous models of intensive maternal care. It explores how women and men negotiate the forces of HIV to render motherhood a site of cultural meaning, personal and collective well-being, and, sometimes, individual and community despair. It also introduces readers to how HIV is Indigenized in western Canada and how all HIV-affected and -infected mothers must negotiate this cultural and racialized terrain. Featuring in-depth narrative interviews, notes from participant observation in AIDS Saskatoon's drop-in centre, and a photovoice component, this book offers an accessible account of an engaged anthropologist's work with a community that is both vulnerable and resilient. Each chapter begins with an ethnographic vignette that introduces central concepts, including medical anthropology, syndemics, kinship, and Indigeneity, with the overall aim of humanizing those affected by HIV in western Canada and beyond.

ISBN

9781487587666

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Call Number

GN 400 DOW 2021

Author

Mills, Joyce C.

Chesworth, Michael (Illustrator)

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Magination Press

Publication Date

1992

Physical Description

Softcover: ill., 28 p.

Subject

Self-Concept (includes self-esteem)

Amputation. Limb Prosthesis

Children's Health-Accidents and Injuries

Picture Books

Abstract

In this healing story, a little tree loses some of her branches in a storm. She experiences emotions of fear, self-blame, and worry so common to children facing serious medical problems. The little tree in the forest survives the storm and learns that although many branches and leaves were lost, she still has deep roots, a strong trunk and a beautiful heart. Children will discover that they too have strengths and abilities for living happy lives. A relaxation exercise is included.

ISBN

0945354517

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

JUNIOR CF 200 MIL 1992

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