Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Gendering the Disability Framework
Part I: DISABILITY: A GENDERED PROBLEMATIC AND
CONCEPTUALIZATION
A Gendered Perspective of Disability Studies - Upali
Chakravarti
Women with Disabilities: How Do They Fare in Our Society? - S B
Agnihotri Amrita Patel
Women with Psychosocial Disabilities: Shifting the Lens from
Medical to Social - Nilika Mehrotra and Mahima Nayar
PART II: HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND AGENCY
I Feel Normal Inside. Outside, My Body Isn’t! - Malini Chib
What is the Intersection between Oppression of Women and
Psychiatric Oppression? - Tina Minkowitz
Tale of Married Women With Disabilities: An Oxymoron Reality -
Santoshi Halder
A Disabled Mother’s Journey in Raising her Child - Sandhya
Limaye
Developmental Disability and the Family: Autism Spectrum Disorder
in Urban India - Shubhangi Vaidya
Part III: TOWARD NONDISCRIMINATORY GENDERED STRATEGIES
Yes, Girls and Women with Disabilities Do Math! An
Intersectionality Analysis - Stephanie Ortoleva
Gendered Constructions of Work and Disability in Contemporary
India: Discursive and Empirical Perspectives - Renu Addlakha
Legal Capacity And Civil Political Rights For People With
Psychosocial Disabilities - Bhargavi V Davar
Epilogue: Transforming Invisibilities and Obscure Directions
Index
Asha Hans, PhD, is Co-chair, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy; former Professor of Political Science, and Founder Director, School of Women’s Studies, Utkal University, India. A leading campaigner of women’s rights, she has participated in the formulation of many conventions in the United Nations. She is the President of Sansristi—a gender resource centre. Her recently published books include Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power (2015) and The Gender Imperative: Human Security vs State Security (with Betty Reardon, 2010).
Hans’s book is moulded within the justice–equality framework and
identifies women with disabilities as one of the most severely
excluded marginal groups…. Disability, Gender and the Trajectories
of Power should be regarded as a significant contribution to the
discourse on gender and disability at a time when disability
studies is only beginning to be recognized in Indian academic
circles.
*Volume 23 (Issue 3), October 2016*
Asha Hans[ The Author] has compiled a diverse collection of
scholarship and personal narratives that purports to shed light on
the analytical and empirical stakes of combining a gender and
disability analysis.
*Volume 50(Issue 3), October 2016*
The book by Asha Hans provides a comprehensive interpretation of
disability as is evident from its title, Disability, Gender and the
Trajectories of Power. It is indeed a fresh approach quite
different from the usual works that focus on persons with
disabilities and specifically, women with disabilities….the book
provides a vivid analysis of numerous issues concerning women with
disabilities and this is further validated through detailed
accounts of personal experiences.
*Vol 46 (Issue 4), December 2016*
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