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Title
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Femininity on Four-wheels: How En-wheeled Women Manage Stigma.
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Creator
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Hargis, Rachel M., Seeley, J. Lotus, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis aims to understand how en-wheeled women engaged in hyperfemininity as a stigma management technique in order to diminish asexualization. Grounding my work in the tradition of Goffman and symbolic interaction, I argue that women who do hyperfemininity as a stigma management technique do so in an attempt to make their identity as a woman more salient then their identity as someone who is disabled. As most of the research surrounding disability focuses on masculinity and disabled...
Show moreThis thesis aims to understand how en-wheeled women engaged in hyperfemininity as a stigma management technique in order to diminish asexualization. Grounding my work in the tradition of Goffman and symbolic interaction, I argue that women who do hyperfemininity as a stigma management technique do so in an attempt to make their identity as a woman more salient then their identity as someone who is disabled. As most of the research surrounding disability focuses on masculinity and disabled womenâs heterosexuality it is imperative to continue the expansion of scholarship at the intersection of disability and gender.
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Date Issued
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2018
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013006
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Subject Headings
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Wheelchairs, People with disabilities--Women, Femininity, Stigma (Social psychology)
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Format
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Document (PDF)
