Handbook of Disability StudiesGary L. Albrecht, Katherine D. Seelman, Michael Bury This path-breaking international handbook of disability studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines. To provide insight and perspective, the volume is divided into three sections: The shaping of disability studies as a field; experiencing disability; and, disability in context. Each section, written by world class figures, consists of original chapters designed to map the field and explore the key conceptual, theoretical, methodological, practice and policy issues that constitute the field. Each chapter provides a critical review of an area, positions and literature and an agenda for future research and practice. The handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability studies. The book will be of interest to disabled people, scholars, policy makers and activists alike. The book aims to define the existing field, stimulate future debate, encourage respectful discourse between different interest groups and move the field a step forward. |
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... CONTEXT 21. Disability Culture : Assimilation or Inclusion ? Colin Barnes and Geoff Mercer 468 490 515 22. Identity Politics , Disability , and Culture 535 Lennard J. Davis 23. Making the Difference : Disability , Politics , and ...
... CONTEXT 21. Disability Culture : Assimilation or Inclusion ? Colin Barnes and Geoff Mercer 468 490 515 22. Identity Politics , Disability , and Culture 535 Lennard J. Davis 23. Making the Difference : Disability , Politics , and ...
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... context . Every image is bounded ; it has limitations , strengths , and in- sights . Works of art are by their nature situated , allegorical , and often provocative , and they require a reading . Our values today cannot alter past ...
... context . Every image is bounded ; it has limitations , strengths , and in- sights . Works of art are by their nature situated , allegorical , and often provocative , and they require a reading . Our values today cannot alter past ...
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... Context ( Part III ) . These three themes organize the critical work that has been done in the past , resonate with cur- rent developments in the field , and , we expect , will serve as the key foci for the future evolution of the field ...
... Context ( Part III ) . These three themes organize the critical work that has been done in the past , resonate with cur- rent developments in the field , and , we expect , will serve as the key foci for the future evolution of the field ...
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... context of personal histories , trajectories , and living with chronic health condi- tions . This section expresses disability as a corporeal and social experience in a cultural context . The interface of disabled people and their ...
... context of personal histories , trajectories , and living with chronic health condi- tions . This section expresses disability as a corporeal and social experience in a cultural context . The interface of disabled people and their ...
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Contents
An Institutional History of Disability | 11 |
Counting Disability | 69 |
Disability Definitions Models Classification Schemes and Applications | 97 |
Theorizing Disability | 123 |
Methodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research | 145 |
Disability An Interactive PersonEnvironment Social Creation | 171 |
Representation and Its Discontents The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and Film | 195 |
Philosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability | 219 |
InclusionExclusion An Analysis of Historical and Cultural Meanings | 490 |
DISABILITY IN CONTEXT | 513 |
Disability Culture Assimilation or Inclusion? | 515 |
Identity Politics Disability and Culture | 535 |
Making the Difference Disability Politics and Recognition | 546 |
Disability Human Rights Law and Policy | 565 |
The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace | 585 |
Disability and Health Policy The Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health Services | 610 |
Disability and the Sociology of the Body | 252 |
Intellectual Disabilities Quo Vadis? | 267 |
Disability Bioethics and Human Rights | 297 |
Disability Studies and Electronic Networking | 327 |
EXPERIENCING DISABILITY | 349 |
Divided Understandings The Soeial Experienee of Disability | 351 |
Mapping the Family Disability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to Disability | 373 |
Disability and Community A Sociological Approach | 396 |
Welfare States and Disabled People | 412 |
Advocacy and Political Action | 430 |
Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes toward and Decisions Affecting Disabled People | 450 |
The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities | 468 |
Disability Benefit Programs Can We Improve the RetumtoWork Record? | 633 |
A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People An International View | 642 |
Science and Technology Policy Is Disability a Missing Factor? | 663 |
Disability Education and Inclusion CrossCultural Issues and Dilemmas | 693 |
Support Systems The Interface between Individuals and Environments | 711 |
The Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals | 734 |
Public Health Trends in Disability Past Present and Future | 754 |
Disability in the Developing World | 772 |
Author Index | 793 |
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About the Contributors | 843 |
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