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Diverse Voices of Disabled Sexualities in the Global South

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Paul Chappell

    1. Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  2. Marlene de Beer

    1. Social Work Department, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Breaks new ground by bringing scholars and disability activists together for the first time to critically reflect on the conceptual and personal experiences of disabled sexualities in the Global South context

  • Features international authors from a range of academic institutions, development agencies, disabled people organisations and individual youth and adults with disabilities, from across Africa, Asia and Latin America

  • Is written in an accessible style and has a clear, readable format that can be equally used by academics and disability and sexuality activists alike

  • Takes a broad perspective on disabled sexualities addressing such areas as gender, race, culture, body image, sexual pleasure and desires, sexuality education, sexual identity, access to sexual and reproductive health, queer and non-normative sexualities, and sexual rights and justice

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  3. Cultural Aesthetics of Disabled Sexual Lives and Bodies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    3. Shooting Back and (re)framing: Challenging Dominant Representations of People with Physical Disabilities in South Africa

      • Xanthe Hunt, Leslie Swartz, Stine Hellum Braathen, Mark Carew, Mussa Chiwaula, Poul Rohleder
      Pages 33-53

    5. Defining Me

      • Shanali Perera
      Pages 75-76

  4. Desiring Disability: Love, Relationships and Sexual Intimacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. How Disability “Killed” My Sexuality

      • Farai Chisi
      Pages 103-107

    7. Informed Sexuality: The Influence of Lack of Information on the Sexuality, Relationships and Reproductive Health of Deaf Women in Addis Ababa

      • Johanna M. F. Boersma, Rachele Tardi, Elizabeth Lockwood, Woinshet Girma Ayansa
      Pages 167-184

    8. Disabled Vagina Monologues: Ethiopia

      • Elizabeth Negussie Desta
      Pages 185-186

  5. Sexual Access, Citizenship and Rights

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    3. Surviving on the Margins of Society in China

      • Xiaoyan Zhao, Qianqian Huang
      Pages 221-223
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About this book

This volume aims to critically engage with constructs and experiences of disabled sexualities through Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. In doing so, it is hoped that the questions raised, relfections, analyses and arguments will provide readers with a catalyst through which to (re)think disabled sexualities from the perspective of the Global South. What makes this edited volume unique is besides chapters from emerging academics and disability activists who either live or work in the Global South, it also includes personal contributions from disabled people across the Global South. This volume takes a broad perspective on disabled sexualities addressing such areas as gender, race, culture, colonialism, body image, sexual pleasure, sexuality education, sexual access, sexual and reproductive health services, queer sexualities, and sexual rights and justice. The volume will be of interest to international and national organisations for people with disabilities, gender and sexuality researchers, health professionals, social workers, academics and students at all higher education and training institutions interested in disability, gender queer and sexuality studies.
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Keywords

  • disabled sexualities
  • Global South
  • Body image and disability
  • disabled women in India
  • Malawi
  • South Africa
  • Addis Ababa
  • China
  • reproductive health rights
  • sexual justice research
  • disability studies
  • gender and sexuality
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Reviews

“This important text brings a host of new voices to the field of disability and sexuality, beginning an essential, broadening corrective to our academic imaginary in this area. The culturally and geographically diverse contributors fling open a window to new stories and ways of being, urgently demanding that we pay attention. It is essential reading for scholars in disability and sexuality, and is set to catalyse a wealth of new research in Global South contexts.” (Dr Brian Watermeyer, Senior Research Officer, Clinical Psychologist, Disability Studies Programme, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Paul Chappell

  • Social Work Department, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Marlene de Beer

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About the editors

Dr. Paul Chappell is a researcher in the Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.


Ms Marlene de Beer is a lecturer at the Social Work Department, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diverse Voices of Disabled Sexualities in the Global South

  • Editors: Paul Chappell, Marlene de Beer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78852-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78851-7Published: 20 October 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07663-4Published: 14 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78852-4Published: 08 October 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 304

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Disability Studies, Gender and Sexuality, Social Work

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