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Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies
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Description for Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies
Hardcover. A collection of essays from a diverse array of emerging scholars in the field of Disability Studies. Editor(s): Wappett, Matthew; Arndt, Katrina. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies brings together up-and-coming scholars whose works expand disability studies into new interdisciplinary contexts. This includes new perspectives on disability identity; historical constructions of (dis)ability; the geography of disability; the spiritual nature of disability; governmentality and disability rights; neurodiversity and challenges to medicalized constructions of autism; and questions of citizenship and participation in political and sexual economies. In sum, this volume uses disability studies as an innovative framework for its investigation into what it means to be human.
Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies brings together up-and-coming scholars whose works expand disability studies into new interdisciplinary contexts. This includes new perspectives on disability identity; historical constructions of (dis)ability; the geography of disability; the spiritual nature of disability; governmentality and disability rights; neurodiversity and challenges to medicalized constructions of autism; and questions of citizenship and participation in political and sexual economies. In sum, this volume uses disability studies as an innovative framework for its investigation into what it means to be human.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137372024
SKU
V9781137372024
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99-15
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Anjali Forber-Pratt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Steven Aragon, Texas State University-San Marcos, USA Christopher A. Riddle, Utica College, USA Tom Jordan, Binghamton University, NY William Southwell-Wright, Durham University, UK Lien Claes, Ghent University, Belgium Elisabeth De Schauwer, Ghent University, Belgium Geert Van Hove, Ghent University, Belgium Rodney Hume-Dawson, Chapman University, USA Sarah Parker Harris, University of ... Read more
Reviews for Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies
"In the companion volumes Foundations of Disability Studies and Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies, editors Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt bring together a wide range of authors who trace the arc in disability theorizing that began 35 years ago in the US and UK with foundational texts like Bogdan and Taylor's Handicapism, Zola's Missing Pieces, UPIAS's Fundamental Principles of Disability, ... Read more