Building Resilience:

Narratives of Care and Healing in Contemporary Fiction

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.677881
Keywords: ableism, affect, environmental studies, ethics of care, good life, health, hope, interdependence, resistance, vulnerability

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  • This work was supported by the research project “Narrating Resilience, Achieving Happiness? Toward a Cultural Narratology” (PID2020-113190GB-C22) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

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Published
30-12-2025
How to Cite
Borham-Puyal, M. (2025). Building Resilience: : Narratives of Care and Healing in Contemporary Fiction. International Journal of English Studies, 25(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes.677881