{"product_id":"dont-call-me-inspirational-9781439909379","title":"Dont Call Me Inspirational","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA disabled woman confronts body image, sexuality, bias, discrimination and condescension as she fashions an independent and fulfilling life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I've known Harilyn Rousso as a powerful activist and gifted artist, but with this revelatory book, she becomes something even more rare: a storyteller who conveys her uniqueness, and so helps us to discover our own. \u003ci\u003eDon't Call Me Inspirational\u003c\/i\u003e is irresistible to read, honest, insightful and universal.\"-Gloria Steinem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eDon’t Call Me Inspirational\u003c\/i\u003e is stunning, a pleasure to read. Rousso’s outstanding book is both a beautifully written memoir about growing up in the 1950s and a critical historical analysis of disability politics. The author moves through her life, diving into gender\/sexuality\/embodiment\/disability politics with grace and honesty. Nothing is simply resolved; rather, it is lived, moved through, engaged, struggled over, and then revisited.\"—Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI  Close Encounters with the Clueless\u003cbr\u003e1 Who’s Harilyn?\u003cbr\u003e2 Birth, Mine\u003cbr\u003e3 Close Encounters with the Clueless\u003cbr\u003e4 The Beggar and the Cripple\u003cbr\u003e5 The Stare \u003cbr\u003e6 Always the Other \u003cbr\u003e7 Why I am \u003ci\u003eNot\u003c\/i\u003e Inspirational\u003cbr\u003e8 Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII On Leaving Home\u003cbr\u003e9 Wedding Day, 1933\u003cbr\u003e10 Dancing\u003cbr\u003e11 Exploding Beans\u003cbr\u003e12 My Sister\u003cbr\u003e13 Adolescent Conversation\u003cbr\u003e14 On Leaving Home\u003cbr\u003e15 Hideous Shoes\u003cbr\u003e16 Driving High\u003cbr\u003e17 Eli\u003cbr\u003e18 My Father, Myself\u003cbr\u003e19 Driving away from Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII On Not Looking in the Mirror\u003cbr\u003e20 Walk Straight!\u003cbr\u003e21 On Not Looking in the Mirror\u003cbr\u003e22 Facing My Face\u003cbr\u003e23 Meditations on Speech and Silence\u003cbr\u003e24 Daring Digits\u003cbr\u003e25 Right-Hand Painting\u003cbr\u003e26 Being Only One: Some Meditations on Solitude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV What's a Woman?\u003cbr\u003e27 What’s a Woman?\u003cbr\u003e28 He Was the One\u003cbr\u003e29 Blank Page\u003cbr\u003e30 Buying the Wedding Dress\u003cbr\u003e31 First Date\u003cbr\u003e32 First Night\u003cbr\u003e33 Mixed Couple\u003cbr\u003e34 Sylvester\u003cbr\u003e35 Faces of Eve\u003cbr\u003e36 Tough Bird\u003cbr\u003e37 Hand in Hand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV Why Claim Disability?\u003cbr\u003e38 Finding My Way \u003cbr\u003e39 Keeping the Distance\u003cbr\u003e40 That “Inspirational” Label\u003cbr\u003e41 Token of Approval\u003cbr\u003e42 Disabled Women’s Community\u003cbr\u003e43 The Story of Betty, Revisited\u003cbr\u003e44 Listening to Myself\u003cbr\u003e45 Activist Sisters\u003cbr\u003e46 Toilet Troubles\u003cbr\u003e47 My Mentoring Project\u003cbr\u003e48 Why Claim Disability?\u003cbr\u003e49 Broken Silences\u003cbr\u003e50 Eulogy for My Nondisabled Self\u003cbr\u003e51 Eulogy for My Freakish Self\u003cbr\u003e52 Ode to My Disabled Self","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408306741591,"sku":"9781439909379","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439909379.jpg?v=1730502373","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dont-call-me-inspirational-9781439909379","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}