Health as Submission and Social Responsibilities: Embodied Experiences of Javanese Women With Type II Diabetes

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dc.contributor.authorDyah Pitaloka
dc.contributor.authorElaine Hsieh
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:33:38Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:22Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:33:38Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-25
dc.description.abstractBy examining women’s experiences with type II diabetes, we explore how illness can provide resources to construct meanings of everyday life in Javanese culture. We conducted in-depth interviews with 30 female participants in Central Java, Indonesia, and adopted grounded theory for data analysis. We identified four themes that diabetes serves as resources for women in Indonesia to (a) normalize suffering, (b) resist social control, (c) accept fate, and (d) validate faith. We concluded by noting three unique aspects of Javanese women’s illness management. First, through the performance of submission, our participants demonstrated spirituality and religiosity as essential elements of health. Second, diabetes empowers individuals in everyday suffering through two divergent processes: embracing submission and resisting control. Finally, diabetes provides opportunities for individuals within a social network to (re)negotiate social responsibilities. In summary, diabetes provides unique resources to empower our participants to obtain voices that they otherwise would not have had.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationPitaloka, D., & Hsieh, E. (2015). Health as Submission and Social Responsibilities: Embodied Experiences of Javanese Women With Type II Diabetes. Qualitative Health Research. doi: 10.1177/1049732315577607en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1049732315577607en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25215
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherQualitative Health Research
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectAsiaen_US
dc.subjectSouth / Southeasten_US
dc.subjectAsian people / culturesen_US
dc.subjectdiabetesen_US
dc.subjectexperiencesen_US
dc.subjectillness and diseaseen_US
dc.subjectlay concepts and practicesen_US
dc.subjectlived bodyen_US
dc.subjectembodimenten_US
dc.subjectbodily experiencesen_US
dc.subjectlived experienceen_US
dc.subjecthealthen_US
dc.subjectgrounded theoryen_US
dc.subjectwomen’s healthen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.titleHealth as Submission and Social Responsibilities: Embodied Experiences of Javanese Women With Type II Diabetesen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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