Love, Sex, and Disability : The Pleasures of Care.

Intro -- Book Title -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ch1-Introduction: Love, Sex, and Disability -- Table 1.1 Participants -- Key Voices and Concepts -- Limitations and Overview of the Book -- Notes -- Part 1: Mainstream Representations -- ch2-Images in Popular Culture -- Love Is Nondisabled -- The Stuff of Dramas -- Gender and Dependency -- Sexual Perversion -- The Exceptional Homecoming -- Notes -- ch3-The View from Medicine, Rehabilitation, and Nursing -- Figure 3.1 The Caregiver Strain Index -- Figure 3.2 The Physical Disability Sexual and Body Esteem Scale -- A Divided Literature -- Research Design and Analysis -- Glimmers of Hope -- Notes -- Part 2: Contesting the Mainstream -- ch4-Flexible Gender Roles -- Masculine Caring: Nondisabled Men and Disabled Women -- Disabling Leave It to Beaver: Nondisabled Women and Disabled Men -- Notes -- ch5-Pride and Resistance -- Discrimination -- Disability Humor -- Disability Pride -- Political Critique: The Need for Visibilityand Revaluing Interdependence -- Notes -- ch6-Love -- Studying Love -- Intersubjectivity: Balancing Self and Other -- Reciprocity -- Notes -- ch7-The Sexual Pleasure of Care -- Normal Desire -- Better Sex and Intimacy -- Queer Pleasures -- Notes -- ch8-New Understandings of Care, Gender, and Sexuality -- Notes -- Appendix A: Methods -- Figure A.1 Information Gathered for Content Analysis -- Focus Group Methodology -- Content Analysis Methods -- Notes -- Appendix B: Self-Representations and Articles Analyzed -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book.

In this exploration of intimate relationships between people with physical disabilities and those without, Sarah Smith Rainey shatters the myth of sexless, burdensome partnerships--and in its place reveals a rich and rewarding continuum of emotional and physical intimacies. Rainey draws on interviews, autobiographies, and films to show how disabled/nondisabled couples not only build mutually satisfying relationships by giving and receiving in equal measure, but also move beyond traditional gender roles to create new forms of sexual intimacy. She also takes note of the challenges these couples face. With sensitivity and clarity, she offers an unparalleled portrait of the lived experience of disability and sexuality.

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