The fantasy of maternal autonomy and the disabled mother

Cooper, Harriet (2020) The fantasy of maternal autonomy and the disabled mother. Studies in the Maternal, 13 (1). ISSN 1759-0434

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2023 13:30
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 18:16
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91347
DOI:	10.16995/sim.296

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