Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice
Challenging Essentialism
1st Edition
Published on 3. June 2015
X, 197 pages
978-1-137-45697-7 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical Disability Studies, it crucially demonstrates the consequences of radically rethinking the roles of language and perspective in constructing identities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
X, 197 p.
File size
1,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-45697-7 (9781137456977)
DOI
10.1057/9781137456977
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Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice
Challenging Essentialism
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€85.59
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Person
Karín Lesnik-Oberstein, University of Reading, UK
Sue Walsh, University of Reading, UK
Louise Tondeur, University of Roehampton, UK
Helen Santa Maria heads a dance school in Reading, UK
Hannah Anglin-Jaffe, University of Exeter, UK
Simon Bailey, University of Manchester, UK
Ute Kalender, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany
Catrin Edwards works in policy and campaigns for a disabilities charity
YuKuan Chen, Soochow University, Taiwan
Neil Cocks, University of Reading, UK
Content
1. Introduction: Challenging Essentialism; Karín Lesnik-Oberstein 2. The Case of Pre-Natal Diagnosis; Karín Lesnik-Oberstein 3. Disability and Animal Studies; Sue Walsh 4. The Construction of Hirsutism; Louise Tondeur 5. Reading Autism; Helen Santa Maria 6. De-colonising Deaf Education; Hannah Anglin-Jaffe 7. ADHD Mythology ; Simon Bailey 8. Queer Regenerative Work?; Ute Kalender 9. The Madness of Interpretation; Catrin Edwards 10. Seeing Vision; YuKuan Chen 11. Constructions of the Disabled Subject; Neil Cocks
