Synopsis
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Including a glossary of key terms, this is an essential resource for a wide range of academics, students and researchers in the field of disability studies.
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À propos de l?auteur
DAN GOODLEY Professor of Psychology and Disability Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research and teaching aims to shake up dominant myths in psychology as well as contributing, in some small way, to the development of critical disability studies theories that understand and eradicate disablism. Recent publications include Psychology and Disability (co-edited with Rebecca Lawthom) and Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. BILL HUGHES Dean of the School of Law and Social Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is co-author of The Body, Culture and Society: An Introduction and a member of the Editorial Board of Disability & Society. LENNARD DAVIES Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Departments of Disability and Human Development, English, and Medical Education at the University of Illinois, USA. He is the author of Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body, Bending Over Backwards: Disability and Other Difficult Positions, and Obsession: A History.
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