On loving and hating my mentally retarded mother

Mental Retardation
C R Ronai

Abstract

In this article I have explored 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 that enables researchers to use varied resources, such as 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.

Citations

Feb 4, 2012·Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability·Susan Collings, Gwynnyth Llewellyn
Nov 17, 2001·Mental Retardation·P Smith
Jul 13, 2001·Mental Retardation·B Jordan, G Dunlap
Mar 11, 2005·Mental Retardation·Ellen BrantlingerVirginia Richardson
Jan 11, 2017·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID·Agnieszka Wołowicz-Ruszkowska, David McConnell
Oct 18, 2013·Journal of Intellectual Disabilities : JOID·Ida LindbladElisabeth Fernell
Jan 22, 2019·Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy·Ingrid WeiberMona Eklund

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