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Autore: |
Betcher Sharon V. <1956->
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Titolo: |
Spirit and the politics of disablement / / Sharon V. Betcher
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Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : Fortress Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 250 p. ) |
Disciplina: | 259/.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Church work with people with disabilities |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-246) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preface -- Introduction: telling it slant -- The fear of falling -- Monstrosity, miracle, and mission : religion and the politics of disablement -- Medicine shows : humanitarianism, healing, and the physics of spirit -- Putting my foot (prosthesis, crutches, phantom) down : technology as transcendence -- Conspicuous compassion : race, "disability," and salvific imperialism -- A Crip nation -- Rumor mills : spiritual practice in the Crip nation -- "A cripple on this bridge" : thinking difference, thinking differently -- Never quite herself again : Frida Kahlo's doctrine of creation -- Wisdom to make the world go on. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Spirit and the politics of disablement ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8006-6219-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996248156603316 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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