Liddiard, K. (2014) The work of disabled identities in intimate relationships. Disability & Society, 29 (1). pp. 115-128. ISSN 0968-7599
Abstract
This article details a thematic analysis of disabled men and women’s accounts of past and present intimate relationships. Drawing upon the sexual stories of 25 disabled people, informants’ intimate relationships are explored as a site of emotional work, and as a site of other forms of (gendered) work. This article critically questions the work carried out by informants and considers the ways in which it was shaped by their lived experiences of gender, sexuality, impairment and disability. The article concludes that the requirement to carry out forms of work within intimate and sexual life constituted a form of psycho-emotional disablism.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Disability & Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | disability; gender; sexuality; intimate; emotional work |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2016 16:24 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 22:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2013.776486 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09687599.2013.776486 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96757 |