Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power

Herausgeber: Hans, Asha

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the gendered experience of disability. It investigates how women with disabilities fare in society focusing on the experiences of women and their interactions with family, society and medical and legal institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781032795935
• ISBN-10: 103279593X
• Artikelnr.: 70524711

Autorenporträt

Asha Hans is former Professor of Political Science, and Founder Director, School of Women's Studies, Utkal University, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Gendering the Disability Framework Part I: Disability: A
Gendered Problematic And Conceptualization 1. Gendered Perspective of
Disability Studies 2. Women with Disabilities: How Do They Fare in Our
Society? 3. Women with Psychosocial Disabilities: Shifting the Lens from
Medical to Social Part II: Human Experiences And Agency 4. I Feel Normal
Inside. Outside, My Body Isn't! 5. What is the Intersection between
Oppression of Women and Psychiatric Oppression? 6. Tale of Married Women
With Disabilities: An Oxymoron Reality 7. A Disabled Mother's Journey in
Raising her Child 8. Developmental Disability and the Family: Autism
Spectrum Disorder in Urban India Part III: Toward Nondiscriminatory
Gendered Strategies 9. Yes, Girls and Women with Disabilities Do Math! An
Intersectionality Analysis 10. Gendered Constructions of Work and
Disability in Contemporary India: Discursive and Empirical Perspectives 11.
Legal Capacity and Civil Political Rights for People With Psychosocial
Disabilities Epilogue: Transforming Invisibilities and Obscure Directions