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- 296 pages
- English
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Passionate, engaging and challenging, this second edition of the ground-breaking Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a contemporary introduction to this diverse and complex field.
Taking an interdisciplinary and critical approach, the book:
- examines a diverse range of theories and perspectives and engages with current debates in the field
- explores key areas of analysis, with chapters devoted to the individual, society, community and education
- applies a global perspective encompassing examples from the UK, Australia, Scandinavia, the US, and Canada.
Encouraging and stimulating readers using thought-provoking questions, exercises and activities, Disability Studies is a rich and rewarding read for students and researchers engaging with disability across the social sciences.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- 1 Beginnings Conceptualising Disability in a Global World
- 2 Politics Key Debates and Contestations in Disability Studies
- 3 Difference Disability, Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Class
- 4 Society Towards a Sociology of Disability
- 5 Individuals The Psychological Manufacture of the Disabled Individual
- 6 Subjectivity Finding Critical Psychologies of Disability
- 7 Discourse Exposing the Constitution of Dis/Ability and Impairment
- 8 Community A Dishuman Analysis of Life, Labour and Activism
- 9 Education Challenging Neoliberal-Ableist Education Through Critical Pedagogy
- 10 Futures Four Approaches and Three Key Themes of Critical Disability Studies
- References
- Index