Portrait of the Artist's Mother - Dignity, Creativity and Disability
Author(s): Fiona Place
Portrait of the Artist's Mother is a memoir and an examination of the politics of disability. Fiona Place describes the pressure from medical institutions to undergo screening during pregnancy and assumptions that a child with Trisomy 21 should not live, even though people with Down syndrome do live rich lives. Fiona's son, Fraser, has become an artist. His prize-winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries in Sydney and Canberra. How does a mother get from the grieving silence of the birthing room through the horrified comments of other mothers to the applause at gallery openings? This is a story of commitment to the idea that all people, including those who are 'less than perfect', have a right to be welcomed into this increasingly imperfect world.
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General Fields
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- : Spinifex Press
- : Spinifex Press
- : May 2019
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- : books
Special Fields
- : Fiona Place
- : Paperback
- : 1905
- : English
- : 300