Rethinking Disability Theory And Practice: Challenging Essentialism
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- Synopsis
- Disability Studies has burgeoned as a field of enquiry in recent decades. Yet, as economic pressures on disability provision and benefits continue to increase, questions about disability theory and practice have become more pressing. This inter- and trans-disciplinary volume presents novel approaches to key debates in Disability Studies, particularly about how to think about and define disability. The contributors in Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice address a wide range of issues,including: childhood, gender, sexuality, autism, ADHD, deafness, agency, race, affect, the body and the animal. Diverging from other recent publications in Critical Disability Studies, this volume as a whole aims to challenge essentialism, demonstrating above all the consequences of radically rethinking the roles of language and perspective in constructing identities.
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137456960
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Addition:
- 09/01/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Karín Lesnik-Oberstein
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- Yes
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Social Studies, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Judith Gaites
- Proofread By:
- Ian Green
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.