Using a feminist, social constructivist lens, Barnes' primary goal in her book is to argue that to be “physically disabled is not to have a defective or broken body, but to have a minority body” 1 (p.
Throughout her book, Barnes focuses her analysis on physical disability only (as opposed to intellectual disability). Speaking from a first person's narrative, as Barnes herself identifies as physically disabled, The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (2016) is a timely and insightful social philosophical analysis of disability.
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