Disability and social theory : new developments and directions / / edited by Dan Goodley, Bill Hughes and Lennard Davis

• Pubblicazione: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, NY, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.9/0801
• Soggetto topico: Disabilities; Discrimination against people with disabilities; People with disabilities
• Altri autori: DavisLennard J. <1949-> GoodleyDan <1972-> HughesBill <1956->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disability and social theory
• ISBN: 1-280-68026-1; 9786613657190; 1-137-02300-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809576103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II