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Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability. Susan Wendell - - Hypatia 4 2 - Cambridge University Press. Susan Wendell - - Hypatia 16 4 New York: Routledge, Andrea Nicki - - Hypatia 16 4 Hirschmann - - Journal of Medical Humanities 34 2 Feminist Disability Studies Ed. By Kim Q.

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The Rejected Body argues that feminist theorizing has been skewed toward non-disabled experience, and that the knowledge of people with disabilities must be integrated into feminist ethics, discussions of bodily life, and the criticism of the cognitive and social authority of medicine.

Read more Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Save Cancel. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Argues that feminist theorizing has been skewed toward non-disabled experience, and that the knowledge of people with disabilities must be integrated into feminist ethics, discussions of bodily life, and criticism of the cognitive and social authority of medicine.

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I am also doing philosophical analysis of current causal theories of psychosomatic illness theories of mind-body interaction and the implications of those theories for diagnosis and treatment of physical symptoms, especially in women. I anticipate that this work will eventually result in a book on psychosomatic medicine. Her specific focus on feminist theory comes from her increasing awareness that "knowledge people with disabilities have about living with bodily suffering and limitation and how their cultures treat rejected aspects of bodily life.

A chapter on "Who is Disabled? This chapter addresses the cases of illness and aging and explores the political and other values of the category, "people with disabilities. Asch Eds.