Venus on wheels : two decades of dialogue on disability, biography, and being female in America /

An anthropologist discusses the life of Diane DeVries, an American woman born without arms or legs, particularly Diane's adult experiences from the 1970s through the 1990s, focusing on the roles of gender identity, sexual identity, and discrimination in the life of a disabled woman.

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Main Author: Frank, Gelya, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2000.
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