
Dwarfism, Spatiality and Disabling Experiences
Erin Pritchard(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2020
Book
Hardback
150 pages
978-0-367-45906-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social and spatial experiences of people with dwarfism, an impairment that results in a person being no taller than 4' 10".
This book engages with the concept that dwarfism's most prominent feature - body size and shape - can form the basis of social discrimination and disadvantages within society. By ignoring body size as a disability, it is hard to see the resulting disabling consequences of the built environment. Using a mixed-methods approach and drawing on the work undertaken by human geographers and disability studies academics, this book analyses how the relationship between harmful cultural stereotypes and space shapes everyday experiences of people with dwarfism and works to socially exclude them in diverse ways. Showing how spatial and social barriers are not mutually exclusive but can influence one another, this book responds to the limited academic work on the subject of dwarfism, whilst also contributing to the study of geographies of body size.
It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, human geography, the built environment, sociology and medical humanities.
This book engages with the concept that dwarfism's most prominent feature - body size and shape - can form the basis of social discrimination and disadvantages within society. By ignoring body size as a disability, it is hard to see the resulting disabling consequences of the built environment. Using a mixed-methods approach and drawing on the work undertaken by human geographers and disability studies academics, this book analyses how the relationship between harmful cultural stereotypes and space shapes everyday experiences of people with dwarfism and works to socially exclude them in diverse ways. Showing how spatial and social barriers are not mutually exclusive but can influence one another, this book responds to the limited academic work on the subject of dwarfism, whilst also contributing to the study of geographies of body size.
It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, human geography, the built environment, sociology and medical humanities.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-45906-2 (9780367459062)
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Erin Pritchard is a lecturer in Disability and Education in the School of Social Sciences at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
Content
Chapter 1 - Introduction.
Chapter 2 - Access Tall Spaces.
Chapter 3 - Resisting Spaces.
Chapter 4 - Disabling Identities.
Chapter 5 - Cultural Representations of People with Dwarfism and the Social Consequences.
Chapter 6 - Conclusion: The Politics of Space, Identity and the Sized Body.
Chapter 2 - Access Tall Spaces.
Chapter 3 - Resisting Spaces.
Chapter 4 - Disabling Identities.
Chapter 5 - Cultural Representations of People with Dwarfism and the Social Consequences.
Chapter 6 - Conclusion: The Politics of Space, Identity and the Sized Body.