Thursday, July 26, 2012

Love, Sex, and Disability: The Pleasures of Care examines care and intimacy in relationships in which one partner has a physical disability and the other partner is able-bodied.  In the first part of the book I examine dominant constructions (e.g., film, television, research in the rehabilitation and therapy fields) which represent disabled/nondisabled intimate relationships as sexless, burdensome partnerships. Drawing on interview data and self-representations in autobiographies and film, part two shows how disabled/nondisabled couples counter dominant narratives, revising traditional gender roles and queering popular understandings of sex and care.  

You can purchase the book directly from Lynne Rienner Publishers, or on other sites like Amazon.

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