This book explores the intersection between motherhood and physical disability. It is based on a study that focused on the lived experiences of women with physical disabilities, mothers and non-mothers. What meaning does motherhood have for these women? What is it like for them? What messages do they receive about themselves as women, with or without children? What barriers do they foresee and/or come across? These issues are explored from the vantage point of disabled women with and without children.
This book explores the intersection between motherhood and physical disability. It is based on a study that focused on the lived experiences of women with physical disabilities, mothers and non-mothers. What meaning does motherhood have for these women? What is it like for them? What messages do they receive about themselves as women, with or without children? What barriers do they foresee and/or come across? These issues are explored from the vantage point of disabled women with and without children.
Table of Contents:
- Disability
- A Socio-Political Construct
- Enabling and Disabling Discourses
- Enabling and Disabling Experiences
- The Research Story
- Women on Growing up With a Disability
- Women on Children and Choices
- Mothers on Mothering
- Mothers on Children's Well-Being
- Putting it all Together: Striving for Wellness
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Product Details:
ISBN: 9781403904959
ISBN-10: 1403904952
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 248
Published: 25th May 2004
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.0 x 1.93
Weight (kg): 0.48
Edition Number: 1