Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this ‘difference’ should be accepted as a part of social diversity. It further interrogates the multiple issues of identification of the disabled and the forms of oppression they face.
(Dis) Embodied Form is an engagement with the issues of disabled women. Written from the epistemic location of an existential reality of physical disability, the author’s goal is to locate disability within the feminist discourse. The author’s primary objective is to create a bridge between feminism and disability theory and practice. The book underscores the struggle by disabled women against the hegemony of normality and patriarchy. The reader will come ...