Title:
When you care : the unexpected magic of caring for others
Author:
Strauss, Elissa, author.
ISBN:
9781982169275
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Why care? -- Part one : Looking out. Breaking the glass doors : Building a feminism of care ; Social housekeepers : When women embraced care ; A new man : On the rise of male caregivers and how care changes men ; Love and money : The economic and social might of care -- Part two : Looking within. Survival of the most sympathetic : Rediscovering Charles Darwin and our instinct to care ; The feeling is mutual : How caring for others can better our minds and bodies ; A philosophy of care : Through caregiving, we can encounter big questions, and big answers ; When revelation takes place at home : Care's spiritual potential and why it's so easy to ignore -- Conclusion : Interdependently.
Abstract:
"Journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research about care and stories from parents and caregivers, with a feminist bent" -- Inside dust jacket.