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Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Dignity, Creativity and Disability

Fiona Place (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

2019
Spinifex Press (Verlag)
978-1-925581-75-1 (ISBN)

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A memoir and an examination of the politics of disability. Fiona Place describes the pressure from medical institutions to undergo screening during pregnancy and the traumatic nature and assumptions that a child with Trisomy 21 should not live, even though people with Down syndrome do live rich and productive lives. Fiona's son, Fraser, has become an artist and his prize-winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Sydney and Canberra. How does a mother get from the grieving silence of the birthing room through the horrified comments of other mothers to the applause at gallery openings? This is a story of courage, love and commitment to the idea that all people, including those who are 'less than perfect', have a right to be welcomed into this increasingly imperfect world.

Fiona Place combines motherhood with her work as a writer and an advocate for people with intellectual disabilities.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.05.2019
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-925581-75-6 / 1925581756
ISBN-13	978-1-925581-75-1 / 9781925581751
Zustand	Neuware