Paoletti2002

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Paoletti2002
BibType ARTICLE
Key Paoletti2002
Author(s) Isabella Paoletti
Title Caring for older people: a gendered practice
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Tag(s) EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, Caregivers, Gender, Elderly
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Year 2002
Language English
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Journal Discourse & Society
Volume 13
Number 6
Pages 805-817
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DOI 10.1177/0957926502013006758
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Abstract

This article discusses how ethnomethodology and conversation analysis can contribute to the feminist study of caregiving. Interviews with caregivers of older relatives with disabilities were analyzed using a detailed conversation and membership categorization analysis within an ethnomethodological framework. The interviews were treated analytically as interactional encounters, useful to document instances of identity production and moral versions of oneself as a caregiver. The study describes some instances of the moral and relational universe in which caring practices are embedded, exploring the discursive construction of caring. Caring duties were shown to be bound to kin relationships, but significant gendering was evident in the attribution of caring responsibilities.

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