Sex, Gender and Disability in Nepal: Marginalized Narratives and Policy Reform

by Tulasi Acharya

Book Overview

This book explores the sex lives of women with disabilities in Nepal, showing that many women suffer more than men despite prevailing disability policies that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. It also argues that far from general perceptions of women as asexual, women with disabilities are capable of leading highly creative and fulfilling sexual lives.

Using critical sexual theory and postcolonial studies as critical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367358794
• ISBN13: 9780367358792
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"