We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
This is an open invitation for theses completed within two years of conferment which fit with the Aims and Scope of Disability & Society.
Please provide the following information:
Kerre Ann Willsher, PhD
Caring and Disability in Rural Australia: A Feminist Standpoint Analysis
University of South Australia
Degree awarded and year PhD. 2020
100-word synopsis of the thesis
Email address [email protected]
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We will include this call for Doctoral Announcements in forthcoming issues of the jo6urnal.
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Name of author: Kerre Ann Willsher, PhD
Thesis title: Caring and Disability in Rural Australia: A Feminist Standpoint Analysis
University awarding degree: University of South Australia, Australia
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2020
The aim of the study was to explore intersectionalities of gender, social class and rurality, the visibility of family carers, their experiences, ways of knowing and accomplishments in relation to caring for a family member born with disability. The use of the term disability is appropriate because it is the result of the interaction of the person with impairment and the attitudinal, social, and environmental factors in place, issues that the critical feminist approach applied in this research is concerned about. Fourteen family carers, mainly mothers, were interviewed. Themes to emerge were gender and caring; caring and emotional wellbeing; service provision/support; and concerns for the future. Few studies have explored how rural mothers of people born with disability could develop social capital. No feminist research has taken place with families caring for a person with disability in rural areas.
Email: [email protected]