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Michelle Jarman - Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability - 9781439913871 - V9781439913871
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Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability

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Description for Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability Hardback. Editor(s): Jarman, Michelle; Monaghan, Leila; Harkin, Alison Quaggin. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: BK; JFFG; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.

What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to this essential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives thatexplore what it means to be disabled and why the field of disability studies matters. 

The editors frame the volume by introducing foundational themes of disability studies. They provide a context of how institutions—including the family, schools, government, and disability peer organizations—shape and transform ideas about disability. They explore how disability informs personal identity, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. In addition, there are heartfelt reflections on living with mobility ... Read more

The critical, self-reflective essays in Barriers and Belonging provide unique insights into the range and complexity of disability experience.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439913871
SKU
V9781439913871
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Michelle Jarman
Michelle Jarman is Associate Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Wyoming. Leila Monaghan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at Southern Illinois University.  Alison Quaggin Harkin is Temporary Assistant Lecturer of Disability Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and English at the University of Wyoming.

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