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Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment
James I. Charlton
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Description for Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment
Paperback. A theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism and colonialism. The analysis is supplemented by interviews conducted over a ten-year period with disability-rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe and the USA. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United ... Read more
James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520224810
SKU
V9780520224810
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About James I. Charlton
James I. Charlton, Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago, is a frequent lecturer in the United States and abroad on many aspects of disability and the disability rights movement.
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