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Abstract / Summary

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 The volume features twenty-one previously unpublished essays by new as well as established scholars and community activists.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.

Field of Interest

Disability Studies

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2011 Syracuse University

Content Type

General reference book

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Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2011

Page Count

348

Publication Year

2011

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Place Published / Released

Syracuse, NY

Series Number

5 of 5

Subject

Disability Studies, Diversity, Legislation and Politics, Advocacy and Rights, Race, Class, Sexuality & Gender, Genetic and hereditary diseases, Genetic engineering, Reproductive rights, Social activism and activists, Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Gender, Class, Economic status, Raza, Clase, Sexualidad y Genero, Raça, Classe, Sexualidade e Gênero, Sexuality, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )

Series / Program

Critical Perspectives on Disability

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Gender, Class, Economic status, Raza, Clase, Sexualidad y Genero, Raça, Classe, Sexualidade e Gênero, Sexuality