{"product_id":"9781032411262","title":"Routledge International Handbook of Feminist Disability Studies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge International Handbooks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRoutledge International Handbook of Feminist Disability Studies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRebecca Fish | Kristin Bjornsdottir | Alison Wilde\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ People with Disabilities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Routledge International Handbook of Feminist Disability Studies \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures how discussions about disability have progressed since the 1990s, as well as grappling with the new debates over bodies and autonomy that are dominating various media today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProviding newly written chapters by scholars from both the global north and the global south, this book offers a mix of experiential, creative, and progressive content, combined with theoretical and political commentaries, to provide an eclectic and holistic immersion in feminist disability scholarship. It covers topics as diverse as societal barriers; access to public spaces; neurodiversity, activism; hate crime, bullying and ridicule; media and cultural analyses and representations of disabled women; structural issues such as poverty, policy and their relation to care\/autonomy; mothering, both in terms of access to reproductive care and the re-emergence of eugenics, and care ethics of mothering disabled people; and madness, personality disorder and the provocations of the medical model, in terms of the imperative for ‘cure’ or ‘recovery’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection will be of interest to all scholars and students of Disability Studies, feminism, social work, cultural studies, human geography media, media studies and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 licence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Fish \u003c\/b\u003eis a Feminist Disability Studies scholar affiliated with the University of Lancashire and Lancaster University. Her research explores the intersections of gender, disability and institutional life, with particular attention to learning disabled women in secure settings. She examines questions of trauma, care and structural violence, and her work has shaped policy and practice in health and justice contexts. She has published widely on disability, gender and violence, drawing on ethnographic and qualitative approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristín Björnsdóttir \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Disability Studies in Education at the School of Education, University of Iceland. Her areas of expertise include critical gender and Disability Studies theories, which she has applied in her research on culture, school and social systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Wilde \u003c\/b\u003eis an Assistant Professor in Sociology and Criminology at Northumbria University. She has researched and written mainly on topics of screen media (film and TV), disability, gender and audiences, educational inclusion, parenting, gender, and social and health care. She co-founded the MeCCSA Disability Studies Network and the BSA's Disability Studies Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSwansea University\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032411262\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e560\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e43.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Swansea University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547593130124,"sku":"9781032411262","price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032411262","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}