Fixated on ability

Prose Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 120-140

  May, Vivian M ^a   Ferri, Beth A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ableism; Disability studies; Discourse; Feminist theory; Metaphor; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149580054     PISSN: 17439426     EISSN: 01440357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01440350500068999     Document Type: Article

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