The social model of disability in India : politics of identity and power / Ranjita Dawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawn, Ranjita, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--India.

People with disabilities.

Sociology of disability--India.

Sociology of disability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Biography/History:

Ranjita Dawn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Loreto College, University of Calcutta, India. She received her Doctorate in Social Psychology of Education from the Zakir Hussian Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She is one of the leading scholars working in the area of disability studies in India. She has been associated with organizations like Blind Relief Association and National Association for Blind, New Delhi. She has authored numerous research papers for both international and national journals, and four books including Psycho-Social Dynamics of Blind Students (2011), Visual Impairment (2015), Perception and Portrayal of Women with Disabilities: Remapping their Identity (edited book, 2017) and Educational Achievement and Psychosocial Transition in Visually Impaired Adolescents (2017). She has been the recipient of various prestigious awards such as Indian Council for Social Science Research Doctoral Fellowship, National Scholarship Award, Dr. Neelu Sanghvi Sancheti Memorial Medal for Graduation and felicitated by The Calcutta Corporation Co-operative Credit Society. She also has previous experience working as Research Fellow at NCERT, New Delhi.

Contents:

Sameness and Difference: Transcending the Gap

Disability and Representation

Disability, Religion and Culture

From Dosti to Margarita with A Straw: Representation of Disability in Indian

Cinema

Disability, Children Literature and other Narratives

"Disability Communication": Media Ecology and Disability

Identities Embedded in Our Bodies: Gendered Constructions at Work

Accessibility to Education and Disability: Challenging the Ableist Structures

"Our Identity, Our Voice": The Evolving Face of Disability.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Dawn, Ranjita. Social model of disability in India.

ISBN:

9781000394221

1000394220

9781003149439

100314943X

9781000394214

1000394212

Publisher Number:

40031194149

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