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Disability and Social Theory : New Developments and Directions / edited by D. Goodley, B. Hughes, L. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Sociology.
- Social policy.
- Medical laws and legislation.
- Sex.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Social Theory.
- Social Policy.
- Medical Law.
- Gender Studies.
- Social Structure.
- Local Subjects:
- Social Theory.
- Sociology.
- Social Policy.
- Medical Law.
- Gender Studies.
- Social Structure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1版. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introducing Disability and Social Theory; Part I: Cultures; 2 Civilising Modernity and the Ontological Invalidation of Disabled People; 3 Commodifying Autism: The Cultural Contexts of 'Disability' in the Academy; 4 Disability and the Majority World: A Neocolonial Approach; 5 Discourses of Disabled Peoples' Organisations: Foucault, Bourdieu and Future Perspectives; Part II: Bodies; 6 Cyborgs, Cripples and iCrip: Reflections on the Contribution of Haraway to Disability Studies
- 7 Theory, Impairment and Impersonal Singularities: Deleuze, Guattari and Agamben8 The Body as the Problem of Individuality: A Phenomenological Disability Studies Approach; 9 Dancing with Disability: An Intersubjective Approach; Part III: Subjectivities; 10 Nomadology and Subjectivity: Deleuze, Guattari and Critical Disability Studies; 11 Jacques Lacan + Paul Hunt = Psychoanalytic Disability Studies; 12 Intellectual Disability Trouble: Foucault and Goffman on 'Challenging Behaviour'; 13 Stalking Ableism: Using Disability to Expose 'Abled' Narcissism; Part IV: Communities
- 14 Lave and Wenger, Communities of Practice and Disability Studies15 Disability, Development and Postcolonialism; 16 Engaging with Disability with Postcolonial Theory; 17 Recognition, Respect and Rights: Women with Disabilities in a Globalised World; 18 Conclusion: Disability and Social Theory; Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613657190
- 9781280680267
- 1280680261
- 9781137023001
- 1137023007
- OCLC:
- 795120110
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