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Dissonant Disabilities
Driedger Owen
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Description for Dissonant Disabilities
Hardcover. Editor(s): Driedger, Diane; Owen, Michelle. Num Pages: 270 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
This much-needed collection of original articles invites the reader to examine the key issues in the lives of women with chronic illnesses. The authors explore how society reacts to women with chronic illness and how women living with chronic illness cope with the uncertainty of their bodies in a society that desires certainty. Additionally, issues surrounding women with chronic illness in the workplace and the impact of chronic illness on women's relationships are sensitively considered.
This much-needed collection of original articles invites the reader to examine the key issues in the lives of women with chronic illnesses. The authors explore how society reacts to women with chronic illness and how women living with chronic illness cope with the uncertainty of their bodies in a society that desires certainty. Additionally, issues surrounding women with chronic illness in the workplace and the impact of chronic illness on women's relationships are sensitively considered.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Women's Press of Canada Canada
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780889614642
SKU
V9780889614642
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Driedger Owen
Diane Driedger is Assistant Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba. She is author of The Last Civil Rights Movement: Disabled Peoples' International and co-editor of three anthologies by women with disabilities; she is also a published poet. Michelle Owen is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Coordinator of Disability Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Her ... Read more
Reviews for Dissonant Disabilities
This collection addresses an under-researched and under-theorized academic topic, combining the perspectives of critical disability studies and feminist studies. Most importantly, it does so from the perspective of women who themselves live with chronic illness. The scholarship is sound and well-researched, but also adds an important dimension of personal experience that underlines the value of critical identity politics."" - Pauline ... Read more