Hi,
I am a research fellow at Oslo University college. I am working on my doctoral
thesis, but have encountered an empirical problem: It is somewhat of a saying
in the disability field that the bio-power, who oppresses the body-images of
everyone, oppress the images of disabled people even more. When discussing this
issue, the debate often fluctuates out into the relation between individual
body-images and visualities of our current "society of the spectacle".
Well: We have also an idea, that disabled teens have a "even worse" body image
than others. But: Does anyone know of specific empirical resarch on this exact
issue?
(I am aware of the sexuality research, Shakespeare/Gillespie-Sells/Davis et
cetere. But this is, I believe, a slightly different issue. At least for the
younger teens, that is).
All help will be greatly appreciated!
Best wishes,
Halvor H.
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