Pieri LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness

Chroniqueers in Southern Europe
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-22071-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 154 Seiten

Reihe: Social Sciences (R0)

Drawing on theory and empirical research, this book provides an analysis of the intersections between LGBTQ+ identification and chronic illness. Chapters focus on the theoretical meaning of chronic illness as a queer notion, as well as the lived experiences of chronically ill LGBTQ+ people. The author analyzes chronic illness as an experience that interrogates the normative notions of time, (in)visibility, and disability. Interweaving notions of heteronormativity and able-bodiedness as interwoven and mutually dependent, this book argues that the experience of chronic illness through LGBTQ+ embodiment presents the potential to imagine bodies differently.

This book will be useful for scholars and students in Disability Studies, Queer Studies, and Gender Studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pieri, Mara

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. A Queer-Crip Perspective on Chronic Illness.- 3. LGBTQ+ Rights and Access to Healthcare in Italy and Portugal.- 4. Intimacy and Sexuality: Weaving Significant Relationships.- 5. Negotiating Care Between Silences, (In)Visibility, and Disobedience.- 6. Precarious Lives. Navigating Through Work, Public Spaces, and Activism.- 7. The Emergence of the Chroniqueers.

Über Autor(innen)

Mara Pieri is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal, and holds a PhD in 'Human Rights in Contemporary Societies.' She works on critical disabilities studies and queer studies, and her research interests include supercrips; medicalisation; chronic illness and invisible disabilities; accessibility; sexualities in Southern Europe; and LGBTQ+ health.