The Fantasy of Maternal Autonomy and the Disabled Mother
What does it mean to choose to become a mother who cannot parent independently? What is it like to grapple with motherhood when one has a disability, in a culture which increasingly valorises maternal autonomy and choice? In this brief essay, I want to emphasise some of the ways in which maternal sc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in the Maternal |
| Online Access: | https://www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/4309/ |
| Summary: | What does it mean to choose to become a mother who cannot parent independently? What is it like to grapple with motherhood when one has a disability, in a culture which increasingly valorises maternal autonomy and choice? In this brief essay, I want to emphasise some of the ways in which maternal scholarship has helped me to navigate and make sense of my lived experience of disabled motherhood. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-0434 |