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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821254403321

Autore

Schillmeier Michael W. J

Titolo

Rethinking disability : bodies, senses and things / / Michael Schillmeier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-99340-1

1-136-99341-X

1-282-56982-1

9786612569821

0-203-85484-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; ; 11

Disciplina

305.9/08

305.908

Soggetti

Sociology of disability

Human body - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Disability:Revisiting the Social; Part I 'The Social' in Question: Rethinking Modern Di/visions; 1 The Social and the Religion of Modernity; 2 Othering Blindness in the Light of Vision and Di/vision; Part II In Medias Res; 3 A Dis/ability Manifesto; Part III Dis/abling Practices; 4 Dis/abling Spaces of Calculation; 5 Time-Spaces of In/dependence and Dis/ability; 6 From Exclusive Perspectives to Inclusive Differences; 7 Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies. It offers a comprehensive, book-length analysis of disability through the lens of Science and Technology Studies (STS), and presents a practice-oriented discussion of how bodies, senses and things are linked in everyday life and configure ""enabling"" and ""disabling"" scenarios. Relevant to a broad spectrum of medical practitioners and practicing social service workers, the book will also be essential reading in the fields of disability studies, sociology of the body/senses, medical sociology and STS.