Keywords for Disability Studies

Keywords for Disability Studies

Keywords for Disability StudiesÂ aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and end of life.

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Each of the 60 essays inÂ Keywords for Disability StudiesÂ focuses on a distinct critical concept, including â€œethics,â€ â€œmedicalization,â€ â€œperformance,â€ â€œreproduction,â€ â€œidentity,â€ and â€œstigma,â€ among others. Although the essays recognize that â€œdisabilityâ€ is often used as an umbrella term, the contributors to the volume avoid treating individual disabilities as keywords, and instead interrogate concepts that encompass different components of the social and bodily experience of disability. The essays approach disability as an embodied condition, a mutable historical phenomenon, and a social, political, and cultural identity.

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An invaluable resource for students and scholars alike,Â Keywords for Disability StudiesÂ brings the debates that have often remained internal to disability studies into a wider field of critical discourse, providing opportunities for fresh theoretical considerations of the fieldâ€™s core presuppositions through a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
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Country USA
Manufacturer NYU Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-08-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	NYU Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-08-14
Format	Kindle eBook