An Arts-Based Inquiry of Sibling Disability

Stealing from My Sister’s Plate

Linnéa E. Franits

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Routledge
16 April 2025

The Arts: General & Reference; Disability: social aspects; Sociology: family & relationships; Medical sociology

Series: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

This book examines texts and other artistic products rendered by siblings of individuals with disabilities in order to interrogate the impact of disability on the identity of non-disabled siblings. This includes an arts-based analysis of the author’s own experiences as the sister of a woman with disabilities as depicted in photo essays and autoethnographic texts.

By providing an alternate presentation of the topics surrounding sibling disability it gives readers a deeper and broader perspective of the lived experience of sibling disability by introducing them to some of the knowledge that is specifically, and perhaps singularly available to siblings of people with disabilities. Presenting findings from narrative analysis, visual analysis, autoethnographic and arts-based research related to sibling disability, it challenges the grand narratives that persist in many cultural products and medical discourses around sibling disability.

It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, childhood studies, family studies and the arts more broadly.

By: Linnéa E. Franits
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781032980065
ISBN 10: 1032980060
Series: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 16 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linnéa E. Franits (she/her) is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Utica University, USA. Her scholarly interests include sibling disability, autoethnography, and arts-based research.

Reviews for An Arts-Based Inquiry of Sibling Disability: Stealing from My Sister’s Plate

‘Beautifully crafted, Stealing from my sister’s plate offers a visually compelling and nuanced look at what it means to grow up alongside disability. Cutting from an expansive array of sibling memoirs, film, and artistic renderings, Franits deftly incorporates an insightful analysis of sibling narratives written by others before inviting us into the particularities of their own sibling story as told through arts-based autoethnography.’ Beth A. Ferri, PhD Professor & ADR School of Education Syracuse University