Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity - Rilegato

Linton, Simi

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ISBN 10: 0814751334 ISBN 13: 9780814751336

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 1998

Riassunto

A comprehensive assessment of the field of Disability Studies that presents beyond the medical to dig into the meaning

From public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact of disability has been felt everywhere since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. And a remarkable groundswell of activism and critical literature has followed in this wake.

Claiming Disability is the first comprehensive examination of Disability Studies as a field of inquiry. Disability Studies is not simply about the variations that exist in human behavior, appearance, functioning, sensory acuity, and cognitive processing but the meaning we make of those variations. With vivid imagery and numerous examples, Simi Linton explores the divisions society creates—the normal versus the pathological, the competent citizen versus the ward of the state.

Map and manifesto, Claiming Disability overturns medicalized versions of disability and establishes disabled people and their allies as the rightful claimants to this territory.

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Linton (education foundations and counseling programs, Hunter College) focuses on the fact that the definition of disability is a matter of social debate and cultural construction. She argues that not only does disability studies deserve a place in curriculums, it is in fact central to the humaniti

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0814751334
• ISBN 13: 9780814751336
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 203
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile