1st
Edition
Dr Barbara Fawcett
2000 192
pages (est.) 0582-36941-X (Paperback)
Feminist
Perspectives on Disability provides a unique introduction to the key debates in relation
to both feminism and disability. The author considers contemporary similarities,
differences and contentious areas and how concepts drawn from postmodern feminism can be
usefully applied to the disability arena.
The book explores many important aspects of the field, including: biological debates;
issues of power, knowledge, equality, difference, subjectivity and the body; interface of
public and private/care and community; medical and social barriers; politics, citizenship
and identity.
Feminist Perspectives on Disability will be compulsory reading for students of all levels
in Women's Studies, Gender Relations, Social Policy, Social Work/Social Care and social
Science.
* important contribution in its own right to the development of theory and practice
* Key topic
* Comprehensive
* Combines theory with practice
* Pedagogical features such as case studies, boxes, chapter summaries
Intro; historical issues; interface of public and private issues; medical and social
barriers of disability; rights movements; power, knowledge, equality and difference;
conclusio