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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harriet Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-12-01
Series:Studies in the Maternal
Online Access:https://www.mamsie.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/4309/