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Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson - Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge (Critical Perspectives on Disability) - 9780815632849 - V9780815632849
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Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge (Critical Perspectives on Disability)

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Description for Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge (Critical Perspectives on Disability) Hardcover. Editor(s): Lewiekci-Wilson, Cynthia; Cellio, Jen. Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Editors Lewiecki-Wilson and Cellio have put together the first book to focus on the intersecting spaces, both cultural and personal, of disability and mothering. Derived from the Latin for threshold, the word ""liminal"" calls attention to the book’s focus on the transitional moments and spaces where the personal and social, inside and outside, self and other converge. The volume features twenty-one previously unpublished essays by new as well as established scholars and community activists. Contributors, some of whom are themselves disabled or mothers of children with disabilities, present moving personal accounts and accessible scholarship grounded in historical study, experiential and retrospective analysis, interviews, social research, and feminist and disability studies theories. In their introduction, the editors survey the theoretical frameworks of feminism and disability studies, locating the points of overlap crucial to a study of disability and mothering. Organized in five sections, the book engages questions about reproductive technologies; diagnoses and cultural scripts; the ability to rewrite narratives of mothering and disability; political activism; and the tensions formed by the overlapping identities of race, class, nation, and disability. The essays speak to a broad audience—from undergraduate and graduate students in women’s studies and disability studies, to therapeutic and health care professionals, to anyone grappling with issues such as genetic testing and counseling, raising a child with a disability, or being disabled and contemplating starting a family.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on Disability
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632849
SKU
V9780815632849
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