On loving and hating my mentally retarded mother
- Författare
- Ronai, Carol Rambo
- Titel
- On loving and hating my mentally retarded mother
- Utgivningsår
- 1997
- Tidskrift
- Mental Retardation
- Volym
- 35
- Häfte
- 6
- Sidor
- 417-432
- Sammanfattning
This article explores why I love and hate my mother. It is a
retrospective and ongoing participant observation of the phenomenon
of being the daughter of a mother with mental retardation. In it,
I make use of a layered account, an experimental, postmodern,
ethnographic reporting format which enables the researcher to use
as many resources as possible including social theory, lived
experience, and emotions. By using my own experience, I explore,
through first person narrative, the complex issues and emotions
involved. My conclusion is that the situation is fraught with
ambivalence because my present interactions with my mother are cast
in the light of a past where my mother simultaneously neglected and
protected me.