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Disability, Self, and Society
Tanya Titchkosky
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paperback. Argues for change in the meaning society ascribes to disability, seeing it as a useful life experience that affects all of society, rather than a temporary or chronic problem for the individual to overcome. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Disability, Self, and Society speaks with authenticity about disability as a process of identity formation within a culture that has done a great deal to de-emphasize the complexity of disability experience. Unlike many who hold the conventional sociological view of disability as a 'lack' or stigmatized identity, Tanya Titchkosky approaches disability as an agentive (not passive) embodiment of liminality and as a demonstration of socially valuable in-between-ness. She argues that disability can and should be a 'teacher' to, and about, non-disabled or 'temporarily abled' society.
Titchkosky's poignant reflections on disability rely on the thought of Hannah Arendt as well as ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802084378
SKU
V9780802084378
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About Tanya Titchkosky
Tanya Titchkosky is an associate professor and an associate department chair at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
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