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Disability and distribution : becoming a valuable person in Kinshasa / Clara Devlieger, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Devlieger, Clara, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Social conditions.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Set in the postcolonial city of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnography considers how disabled persons navigate debates about the distribution of resources in a setting with little state organised welfare. Clara Devlieger examines controversial niches deemed as imperfect alternatives, which shape routes towards being considered a 'valuable person'"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-61846-6
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