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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963733503321

Titolo

Disability and Social Theory : New Developments and Directions / / edited by D. Goodley, B. Hughes, L. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9786613657190

9781280680267

1280680261

9781137023001

1137023007

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisLennard J. <1949->

GoodleyDan <1972->

HughesBill <1956->

Disciplina

305.9/0801

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Sociology

Social policy

Medical laws and legislation

Sex

Social structure

Equality

Social Theory

Social Policy

Medical Law

Gender Studies

Social Structure

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

Cover; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introducing Disability and Social Theory; Part I: Cultures; 2 Civilising Modernity and the Ontological Invalidation of Disabled People; 3 Commodifying



Autism: The Cultural Contexts of 'Disability' in the Academy; 4 Disability and the Majority World: A Neocolonial Approach; 5 Discourses of Disabled Peoples' Organisations: Foucault, Bourdieu and Future Perspectives; Part II: Bodies; 6 Cyborgs, Cripples and iCrip: Reflections on the Contribution of Haraway to Disability Studies

7 Theory, Impairment and Impersonal Singularities: Deleuze, Guattari and Agamben8 The Body as the Problem of Individuality: A Phenomenological Disability Studies Approach; 9 Dancing with Disability: An Intersubjective Approach; Part III: Subjectivities; 10 Nomadology and Subjectivity: Deleuze, Guattari and Critical Disability Studies; 11 Jacques Lacan + Paul Hunt = Psychoanalytic Disability Studies; 12 Intellectual Disability Trouble: Foucault and Goffman on 'Challenging Behaviour'; 13 Stalking Ableism: Using Disability to Expose 'Abled' Narcissism; Part IV: Communities

14 Lave and Wenger, Communities of Practice and Disability Studies15 Disability, Development and Postcolonialism; 16 Engaging with Disability with Postcolonial Theory; 17 Recognition, Respect and Rights: Women with Disabilities in a Globalised World; 18 Conclusion: Disability and Social Theory; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation.