Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood
The claim that, "feminist scholarship and disability studies scholarship are natural partners" (Piepmeier, Cantrell and Maggio, np), is an increasingly common one. Over the last decade, a number of scholars (Garland-Thomson; Kafer; Lloyd; Wendell) have called for feminist thought to integr...
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| description | The claim that, "feminist scholarship and disability studies scholarship are natural partners" (Piepmeier, Cantrell and Maggio, np), is an increasingly common one. Over the last decade, a number of scholars (Garland-Thomson; Kafer; Lloyd; Wendell) have called for feminist thought to integrate the insights of critical disability studies and for disability studies to gain from taking a feminist approach. My interest is in how a feminist approach to motherhood can gain from disability studies. In this article, I use one particular feminist disability concept-the concept of "misfit" as elaborated by Rosemarie Garland- Thomson ("Misfits")-to demonstrate how disability theory might illuminate certain experiences of mothering. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-92942017-01-30T11:11:45Z Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood Robertson, Rachel The claim that, "feminist scholarship and disability studies scholarship are natural partners" (Piepmeier, Cantrell and Maggio, np), is an increasingly common one. Over the last decade, a number of scholars (Garland-Thomson; Kafer; Lloyd; Wendell) have called for feminist thought to integrate the insights of critical disability studies and for disability studies to gain from taking a feminist approach. My interest is in how a feminist approach to motherhood can gain from disability studies. In this article, I use one particular feminist disability concept-the concept of "misfit" as elaborated by Rosemarie Garland- Thomson ("Misfits")-to demonstrate how disability theory might illuminate certain experiences of mothering. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9294 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=286336999740490;res=IELAPA Hecate Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Robertson, Rachel Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
| title | Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
| title_full | Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
| title_fullStr | Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
| title_short | Misfitting Mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
| title_sort | misfitting mothers: feminism, disability and motherhood |
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