LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness: Chroniqueers in Southern Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031220708)

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.

Author: Mara Pieri
ISBN-10: 3031220706
ISBN-13: 9783031220708
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2023
Pages: 154
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d