Transnational Feminisms And Psychologies: Selves, Suffering, And Moral Personhood In Sri Lanka
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Published In
Women And Therapy
Abstract
Drawing from a larger study of non fatal suicidal behavior in Sri Lanka, we examine the narratives of two young women and their mothers following the daughter’s suicide-like act. These accounts offer insights into how the moral person is constructed in Sri Lanka and, particularly, what it means to be a good daughter and a good woman in Sri Lanka. We reflect on the implications that radically different conceptions of the self and personhood have for construing mental health and wellbeing outside a Western psychological framework. We also examine briefly how such conceptions of self and personhood have shaped feminisms in different locales.
Keywords
Critical psychology, feminist, individualism/collectivism, transnational, Sri Lanka
Recommended Citation
A. L. Abeyasekera and Jeanne Marecek.
(2020).
"Transnational Feminisms And Psychologies: Selves, Suffering, And Moral Personhood In Sri Lanka".
Women And Therapy.
DOI: 10.1080/02703149.2020.1775002
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-psychology/1141
