Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back
ISBN-13:
9781439909362
ISBN-10:
1439909369
Author:
Harilyn Rousso
Publication date:
2013
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Format:
Hardcover
224 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781439909362
ISBN-10:
1439909369
Author:
Harilyn Rousso
Publication date:
2013
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Format:
Hardcover
224 pages
Summary
Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back (ISBN-13: 9781439909362 and ISBN-10: 1439909369), written by authors
Harilyn Rousso, was published by Temple University Press in 2013.
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Description
For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, "You're so inspirational!" is patronizing, not complimentary.In her empowering and at times confrontational memoir, Don't Call Me Inspirational, Rousso, who has cerebral palsy, describes overcoming the prejudice against disability--not overcoming disability. She addresses the often absurd and ignorant attitudes of strangers, friends, and family. Rousso also examines her own prejudice toward her disabled body, and portrays the healing effects of intimacy and creativity, as well as her involvement with the disability rights community. She intimately reveals herself with honesty and humor and measures her personal growth as she goes from "passing" to embracing and claiming her disability as a source of pride, positive identity, and rebellion. A collage of images about her life, rather than a formal portrait, Don't Call Me Inspirational celebrates Rousso's wise, witty, productive, outrageous life, disability and all.
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