Disability: social aspects Books
The University of Michigan Press The Biopolitics of Disability
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Just Vibrations
Book SynopsisCharting the divergent paths of paranoid and reparative affects through illness narratives, academic work, queer life, noise pollution, sonic torture, and other touchy subjects, William Cheng exposes a host of stubborn norms in our daily orientations toward scholarship, self, and sound. Cheng contends that reparative attitudes toward music and musicology can serve as barometers of better worlds.Trade Review“Just Vibrations is without question a groundbreaking book, bothaccessible to a wide readership (including undergraduate students) andtheoretically nuanced. Cheng elegantly balances clarity of explanationwith a depth and breadth of scholarship that encourage the reader todive more deeply into the theoretical underpinnings of his readings andinterpretative approaches. All this is accomplished through a writing stylethat is eminently readable, borderline poetic at times.” - Andrew Dell’Antonio, the University of Texas at Austin
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The University of Michigan Press Freak Performances
Book SynopsisThrough an analysis of experimental theater, dance theater, performance art, and gallery-based installation art across eight countries, Analola Santana explores the theoretical issues shaped by the encounters and negotiations between different bodies in the current Latin American landscape.Trade ReviewSantana cleverly locates her study in defining and re-defining abject bodies within the heavy weight of colonization that Latin America has suffered from the time of the conquest to today . . . [She] finds how these ‘freak' bodies have encountered, resisted, and hoped for a better present and future."" - Paola Hernández, University of Wisconsin""An important contribution to the scholarly debates around colonialism, coloniality, and neoliberalism through the prism of aesthetics, performance, embodiment, abjection, race, gender, sexuality, and ableisms . . . a theoretically sophisticated and eminently readable analysis of how the ‘freak' comes to embody a broad range of deviant and non-normative positions: the queer, the colonial, the abject, the criminal, the neoliberal."" - Diana Taylor, New York University
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Disability in TwentiethCentury German Culture
Book SynopsisAn exploration of disability in Germany, from the Weimar Republic to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This book examines a range of literary and visual depictions of disability, focusing particular attention on disability and Nazi culture. It reveals how central the notion of disability is to modern German cultural history.Trade ReviewAn important and path-breaking book...immensely interesting, it will appeal not only to students of twentieth-century Germany but to all those interested in the growing field of disability studies. - Robert C. Holub, University of Tennessee ""A major, long-awaited book. The chapter on Nazi images is brilliant - certainly the best that has been written in this arena by any scholar."" - Sander L. Gilman, Emory University
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The University of Michigan Press The Metanarrative of Blindness
Book SynopsisAlthough the theme of blindness occurs frequently in literature, literary criticism rarely engages the experiential knowledge of people with visual impairments. The Metanarrative of Blindness counters this trend by bringing to readings of 20th-century works in English a perspective appreciative of impairment and disability.
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The University of Michigan Press Victorian Bestseller
Book SynopsisAn engaging, rigorously researched biography of popular 19th century novelist Dinah CraikTrade ReviewA readable and riveting literary and cultural biography that documents Craik's embeddedness in personal, professional, and literary relationships. The book fills a gap in literary studies while also exploring new questions for Victorian disability studies. A meaningful scholarly work and a frankly enthralling read."" - Martha Stoddard Holmes, California State University, San Marcos""An invaluable record of a fascinating life, and a real tour-de-force of both research and organization. Bourrier has synthesized an impressive amount of primary research: manuscript diaries, letters, photographs, even genealogical information. This book will make it possible to give Craik the scholarly attention she has long deserved."" - Talia C. Schaffer, Graduate Center, City University of New York
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MJ - Ohio University Press Aquamarine Blue 5 Personal Stories of College
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole.DawnTrade Review“This is the first book to be written by autistic college students who have been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome or with High Functioning Autism. It demonstrates their unique way of looking at and solving problems and the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggles of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. "Her unusual approach to understanding human behavior leads to powerfully clear analysis of the problems faced by people with Autism.” * ForeWord *“These essays… exhibit a level of awareness, effective writing, and sophisticated understanding of the world they must cope with that are usually thought beyond the capabilities of even the highest-functioning people with autism.” * author of Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter’s Life with Autism *
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Northwestern University Press Employment Disability and the Americans with
Book SynopsisAn assessment of what has occurred since the American with Disabilties Act's enactment in 1990. The book reveals the unsoundness of charges from the right that the ADA will bankrupt industry, and assumptions on the left that it will prove ineffective in helping people enter/remain in the workforce.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disability Sport and Society
Book SynopsisDisability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest. The purpose of this important new text the first of its kind is to introduce the reader to key concepts in disability and disability sport and to examine the complex relationships between modern sport, disability and other aspects of wider society. Drawing upon original data from interviews, surveys and policy documents, the book examines how disability sport has developed and is currently organised, and explores key themes, issues and concepts including: disability theory and policy the emergence and development of disability sport disability sport development in local authorities mainstreaming disability sport disability, physical education and school sport elite disability sport and the Paralympic Games disTrade Review'Thomas and Smith have delivered a much-needed critical examination of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern Paralympic and disability sport movement. In the run-up to London 2012 this is a book that should be read by all students, academics, administrators and policy-makers with an interest in disability sport.' - Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson "There is a real need for this book. It provides a unique and valuable sociological analysis of disability sport." Karen P DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Table of Contents1. Disability theory and policy 2. The emergence and development of disability sport 3. Local authorities and disability sport development 4. Mainstreaming disability sport: a case study of four sports 5. Disability, physical education and school sport 6. Elite disability sport: the Paralympic Games 7. Disability sport and the media
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability
Book SynopsisLiterary disability studies is a new and growing critical subject area. This student-centered collection is a vital contribution to the field, providing the most comprehensive overview of disability representation across literatures in English.Trade Review'… an excellent collection of writing on representation.' Amanda Tink, Sydney Review of Books'… is an essential resource for scholars, academics and those with personal interest in the depiction and portrayal of disability narratives both historical and contemporary.' Heather Lacey, British Society for Literature and Science ReviewsTable of Contents1. Introduction: on reading disability in literature Clare Barker and Stuart Murray; Part I. Across Literatures: 2. Monsters, saints, and sinners: disability in Medieval literature Edward Wheatley; 3. Early modern literature and disability studies Allison P. Hobgood and David Houston Wood; 4. Disability and deformity: function impairment and aesthetics in the long eighteenth century Essaka Joshua; 5. Embodying affliction in nineteenth-century fiction Martha Stoddard Holmes; 6. Paralyzed modernities and biofutures: bodies and minds in modern literature Michael Davidson; 7. The ambiguities of inclusion: disability in contemporary literature Stuart Murray; 8. 'Radiant affliction': disability narratives in postcolonial literature Clare Barker; Part II. Across Critical Methods: 9. Disability and the edges of intersectionality Alison Kafer and Eunjung Kim; 10. The world-making potential of contemporary crip/queer literary and cultural production Robert McRuer; 11. Race and disability in US literature Michelle Jarman; 12. Disability and women's writing Sami Schalk; 13. Disability in genre fiction Ria Cheyne; 14. Signifying selves: disability and life writing G. Thomas Couser; 15. Disability rhetorics Jay Dolmage; 16. Afterword Petra Kuppers.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Accessibility Denied. Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
Book SynopsisThis book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries to set an example of how to study exclusion in a time when numerous policies promise inclusion. With 12 chapters organised in three parts, the book takes a comprehensive approach to accessibility, covering transport and communication, knowledge and education, law and organisation. Topics within a wide cross-disciplinary field are covered, including disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, and history. The main example is Sweden, with its implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within the context of the Nordic welfare state. By identifying and discussing persistent social and cultural conditions as well as recurring situations and interactions that nurture resistance to advancing accessibility, despite various strong laws promoting it, the book's conclusions are widely transferable. It argues Table of ContentsIntroduction: Into the fields of stubborn obstacles and lingering exclusion. Part 1 - City and transport. 1. Accessible enough? Legitimising half-measures of accessibility in Swedish urban environments. 2. The bus trip: Constraints, hierarchies and injustice. 3. Monitoring the standard – here, now and in person: Detecting accessibility faults as an engaged citizen. 4. Traveling insecurely: The association of security and accessibility in public transport. Part 2 - Knowledge and education. 5. Struggles for inclusion: The unrecognised toil of hearing-impaired students. 6. Gatekeepers and gatekeeping: On participation and marginalisation in everyday life. 7. Still waiting for the hand to be raised: On being crip killjoys at an ableist university. 8. Access to sexuality: Disabled people’s experiences of multiple barriers. 9. New barriers and new possibilities: Confronting language inaccessibility in and around a pandemic. Part 3 - Institution, law and history. 10. It is supposed to be a home: Barriers to everyday life decisions in group homes. 11. Making the law invisible: How bureaucratic resistance makes support inaccessible. 12. Using building requirements as a means to create inclusion: Accessibility and usability at a crossroads. Afterword.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sex Intimacy and Living with LifeShortening Conditions
Book SynopsisThis multi-disciplinary and inclusive collection brings together theoretically informed and empirically focused research on sex, intimacy and reproduction in relation to young people and adults with life-shortening conditions.Advances in healthcare mean that increasing numbers of young people with life-shortening conditions are transitioning into adulthood. Issues such as sex and intimacy, dating and relationships, fertility and having children are increasingly relevant to them and to the people that support them, including families, carers, practitioners and professional education, health and social care agencies. This three-part book explores the relevance and significance of this field, examines everyday experiences, and highlights the challenges faced by individuals and organisations in addressing the needs of such people in daily life and in the context of practice.Drawing on perspectives from sociology, disability studies, epidemiology, health policy, psychotheraTable of Contents Part One: Policy and regulation: National and international landscapes. 1.A changing population: Young adults with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. 2.International policy and governance related to young adults with life-shortening conditions. 3.The regulation of sexual expression and joy: Complexities and contradictions. 4.British law, help or hinderance? Sexuality and disability. 5.A rite of passage? A UK perspective on transition for young people with life-shortening conditions. Part Two: Experiences of sex, intimacy and reproduction. 6.Life-long learning about sex on an uncertain life course. 7.Reasons to shag a cripple. 8.Disruptions, relationships and intimate futures: The unintended consequences of pandemic control. 9.Near-death issues and the impact on the sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic. 10.Navigating normativity: Understanding reproductive loss in the lives of young adults with shortened lives. Part Three: Reflections on researching sexual and reproductive intimacy. 11.Involving people with life-shortening conditions in research: Perspectives on co-production. 12.Research and governance in action: Implementing research on sex, intimacy and reproduction.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disability Culture and Identity
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Oxford University Press The Minority Body A Theory of Disability Studies in Feminist Philosophy Series
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Taylor & Francis Understanding Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities in Adults Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fostering Accessible Technology through Regulation
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Taylor & Francis Microaggressions and Philosophy Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion New Perspectives on Disability Gender Race and Animals Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
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Taylor & Francis The Disabled Childs Participation Rights Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Disability and Rurality
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries
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Taylor & Francis A Historical Sociology of Disability Human Validity and Invalidity from Antiquity to Early Modernity Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Disability Hate Speech Social Cultural and Political Contexts Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Contemporary Art and Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Affirmative Action and the Law
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Disability Bioethics Reader
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disability Care and Family Law
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Participation in Health and Welfare Services
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Taylor & Francis Disability and American Philosophies
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Taylor & Francis Disability Identity and Marriage in Rural China
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Clinic of Disability
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Neurodiversity Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women with Learning Disabilities
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Organizing the Blind
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Taylor & Francis Disability and Postsocialism
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Taylor & Francis Sex Gender and Disability in Nepal Marginalized Narratives and Policy Reform Routledge ISS Gender Sexuality and Development Studies
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Taylor & Francis International Perspectives on Disability Exceptions in Copyright Law and the Visual Arts Feeling Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reimagining Disablist and Ableist Violence as Abjection Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disability as Diversity in India
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Defining the Boundaries of Disability Critical Perspectives Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Intellectual Disability and the Right to a Sexual Life A Continuation of the AutonomyPaternalism Debate Routledge Advances in Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dwarfism Spatiality and Disabling Experiences Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disability and Citizenship Studies Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Centering Diverse Bodyminds in Critical Qualitative Inquiry
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Taylor & Francis Disability Representation in Film TV and Print Media
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