Devoted: A Feminist Analysis of Disability Fetishism

by Philippa Willitts

Disabled women face double discrimination, and objectification by disability fetishists can tell us a lot about not just the sexualisation of women in mainstream society, but also what the attitudes of these "devotees" can tell us about societal stereotypes of disability. This essay looks critically at devoteeism, while examining what these fetishes communicate about the oppressions faced by disabled people and women. Most analysis of this issue has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494273756
• ISBN13: 9781494273750
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"