2024
DOI: 10.14506/ca39.1.02
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Habilitating Bodyminds, Caring for Potential

Eliza Williamson

Abstract: This article traces how Brazilian mothers raising children with congenital Zika syndrome cultivate their children’s bodyminds through habilitative care—care that mobilizes a range of substances, technologies, and techniques to encourage maximum potential development of embodied abilities in young disabled children. Based on fieldwork conducted since 2016 with families impacted by the Zika epidemic in Bahia, Brazil, I argue that Bahian mothers’ intensive investments in habilitative care constitute a way of asse… Show more

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