Constructing the (M)other - Narratives of Disability, Motherhood, and the Politics of "Normal" (Hardcover, New edition)

Constructing the (M)other is a collection of personal narratives about motherhood in the context of a society in which disability holds a stigmatized position. From multiple vantage points, these autoethnographies reveal how ableist beliefs about disability are institutionally upheld and reified. Collectively they seek to call attention to a patriarchal surveillance of mothering, challenge the trope of the good mother, and dismantle the constructed hierarchy of acceptable children. The stories contained in this volume are counter-narratives of resistance-they are the devices through which mothers push back. Rejecting notions of the otherness of their children, in these essays, mothers negotiate their identities and claim access to the category of normative motherhood. Readers are likely to experience dissonance, have their assumptions about disability challenged, and find their parameters of normalcy transformed.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Disability Studies in Education, 22
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Priya Lalvani
Dimensions:	225 x 150mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-6973-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of children / adults with specific learning difficulties Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of those with special educational needs > Teaching of physically disabled persons
LSN:	1-4331-6973-8
Barcode:	9781433169731

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