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The Rejected Body : Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability by Susan Wendell is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Rejected Body : Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability about?

The Rejected Body argues that feminist theorizing has been skewed toward non-disabled experience, and that the knowledge of people with disabilities must be integrated into feminist ethics, discussions of bodily life, and criticism of the cognitive and social authority of medicine. Among the topics it addresses are who should be identified as disabled; whether disability is biomedical, social or both; what causes disability and what could 'cure' it; and whether scientific efforts to eliminate disabling physical conditions are morally justified. Wendell provides a remarkable look at how cultural attitudes towards the body contribute to the stigma of disability and to widespread unwillingness to accept and provide for the body's inevitable weakness.

Author

Susan Wendell

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9781135770471

Subjects

Philosophy, Sociology, Social Science

Rating

4.13 / 5 (92 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14