Disability As a Fluid State - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0857243772 ISBN 13 : 9780857243775

Editeur : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010

Synopsis

Disability is often described in a way that suggests that it is a permanent and relatively stable state. Even when it is described as being socially constructed, the implication is that impairment leads to a permanent status of being 'disabled'. This volume argues that the relationship between impairment (physical state) and disability is neither fixed nor permanent but is fluid and not easily predicted. Furthermore, if this is true, we need to rethink how we are measuring disability. This volume attempts to reconceptualize disability not as static but a dynamic phenomenon which is related to social, cultural and historical contexts. It is part of the new social science emphasis on fluidity rather than stasis. The papers in the volume examine disability at all levels. Several look at micro-level interactional processes which shape physical conditions into disabilities or impairments into normality, some look at cultural differences over time in what constitutes disability and some look at how social processes and institutions create or deny the status of disability. The papers support the conceptualization of the fluidity of disability and have implications for its measurement.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Disability is often described in a way that suggests that it is most often a permanent state. Many concepts and models of disability suggest this. Even when it is described as being socially constructed, the implication is that an impairment leads to a permanent status of 'disabled' within that social, cultural or historical milieu. But there is a lot of evidence that disability is a fluid state. The relationship between impairment (physical state) and disability is neither fixed nor permanent but is fluid and not easily predicted. This volume revolutionarily reconceptualizes disability not as a static but a dynamic phenomenon which is related to social, cultural, psychological and historical context. Papers by leading disability scholars in the areas of sociology, anthropology and history examine this premise from many points of view. Several look at micro-level interactional processes over time, some look at cultural change over time and their effects on definitions and measurements, and some look at how social processes shape physical conditions into disabilities or impairments/disabilities into 'normality'. All examine the fluidity of disability and rethink how we measure it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857243772
• ISBN 13: 9780857243775
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Barnartt Sharon N.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible