Exploring Disabled Girls’ Self-representational Practices Online

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ID12975264
AuthorsSarah Patricia Hill (0000-0001-7283-335X, corresponding author), Sarah Hill (0000-0003-3555-433X, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue2
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGirlhood Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/ghs.2017.100209
OpenAlexW2737792302
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited29

Recently, the field of girlhood studies has witnessed a growing body of research into girls' self-representation practices, but disabled girls are largely absent from this work. In this article, I intervene in this area by asserting the need to explore how disabled girls represent themselves online in order to consider the intersections between girlhood and disability. I attempt to move away from discourses of risk that circulate around girls' digital self-representation practices by demonstrating how these practices provide disabled girls with visibility in a postfeminist mediascape that renders them invisible, and also act as a form of social advocacy and awareness raising. I then explore how disabled girls represent themselves online in a postfeminist cultural landscape through a case study of a severely sight-impaired blogger, looking at how they must be seen as both motivated and motivational

Ableism · Field (mathematics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Self representation · Sociology · Visibility · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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