Women with Disabilities : Essays in Psychology, Policy, and Politics

by Fine, Michelle; Asch, Adrienne; Fine, Michelle

• ISBN13: 9780877224747
• ISBN10: 0877224749
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-01-01
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction Beyond Pedestals	p. 1
Notes	p. 31
References	p. 32
Bodies and Images	p. 39
Notes	p. 40
on Embodiment: A Case Study of Congenital LImb Deficiency in American Culture	p. 41
Notes	p. 68
References	p. 70
Sex Roles and Culture: Social and Personal Reactions to Breast Cancer	p. 72
Notes	p. 85
in Search of A Heroine: Images of Women with Disabilities in Fiction and Drama	p. 90
References	p. 110
Disabled Women in Relationships	p. 111
Notes	p. 112
the Construction of Gender and Disability in Early Attachment	p. 115
References	p. 136
Daughters with Disabilities: Defective Women Or Minority Women?	p. 139
References	p. 170
Friendship and Fairness: How Disability Affects Friendship Between Women	p. 172
Notes	p. 192
References	p. 192
Disability and Ethnicity in Conflict: A Study in Transformation	p. 195
Notes	p. 213
Never-Married Old Women and Disability: A Majority Experience	p. 215
Note	p. 224
References	p. 224
Policy and Politics	p. 227
Women, Work, and Disability: Opportunities and Challenges	p. 229
References	p. 243
Disabled Women and Public Policies for Income Support	p. 245
References	p. 267
Autonomy as A Different Voice: Women, Disabilities, and Decisions	p. 269
Notes	p. 292
Shared Dreams: A Left Perspective on Disability Rights and Reproductive Rights	p. 297
Notes	p. 305
Smashing ICons: Disabled Women and the Disability and Women's Movements	p. 306
Notes	p. 329
References	p. 331
Epilogue: Research and Politics to Come	p. 333
Notes	p. 336
About the Contributors and Index	p. 337
About the Contributors	p. 339
Index	p. 343
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