Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power
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Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power

  1. 220 pages
  2. English
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Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power

About this book

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.

Women with disabilities face unprecedented levels of violence, oppression and marginalisation in their daily lives as well as a lack of visibility, proper care and opportunities for socio-economic development. This book examines the reasons and consequences of the stigmatisation of disabilities and neurodivergence, denial of proper care, and various forms of exclusion and violence women with disabilities face both within and outside of their homes. It brings together the perspectives of academicians and activists that try and understand the various challenges faced by women with disabilities and highlights the fight for their right to autonomy, respect, equality, and justice.

Filling the gap in the existing feminist research, this revised edition seeks to influence the way in which society treats women with disabilities and will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the field of women's rights, disability rights, rehabilitation, social policy, and the body.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. List of Contributors
  10. 1 Disability Through a Feminist Lens
  11. Part I Feminist Data and Concepts
  12. 2 Mapping Prevalence of Disability in India: Intersectionality With Gender
  13. 3 Women With Disabilities: How Do They Fare in Our Society?
  14. 4 Interrogating Work From a Gendered Disability Perspective in India
  15. Part II Gender, Diversities, Vulnerability and Power
  16. 5 What Is the Intersection Between Oppression of Women and Psychiatric Oppression?
  17. 6 Legal Capacity and Civil Political Rights for People With Psychosocial Disabilities
  18. 7 Women With Psychosocial Disabilities: Shifting the Lens From Medical to Social
  19. 8 Disability, Care and Neurodiversity: Issues and Challenges
  20. 9 Deinstitutionalization: A Feminist Critique
  21. Part III Disability and Feminist Experiences
  22. 10 I Feel Normal Inside: Outside, My Body Isn’t!
  23. 11 Unheard Voices: Unmarried Women With Disabilities
  24. 12 Tale of Married Women With Disabilities: An Oxymoron Reality
  25. 13 Of Mothers and Motherhood: Issues of Disabled Women in India
  26. 14 Mothers of Girl Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study From India
  27. Index