Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Approaching Disability : Critical Issues and Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (181 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317657521
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.4
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface: how to use this book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Approaching disability -- 1 Approaching disability: foundational perspectives -- 2 Approaching disability: global perspectives -- Part II Critical perspectives -- 3 Critical perspectives on disability and childhood -- 4 Critical perspectives on disability and culture -- 5 Critical perspectives on disability and history -- 6 Critical perspectives on disability and identity politics -- Part III Critical issues -- 7 Critical issues: researching disabled children in the social world -- 8 Critical issues: theorising bodies in the social world -- Part IV Conclusion and future directions -- 9 Conclusion: final thoughts and future directions -- References -- Index.
Summary: Disability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define 'disability' and establish personal and collective responses to difference. This insightful new text will introduce readers to the discipline of Disability Studies and enable them to engage in the lively debates within the field. By offering an accessible yet rigorous approach to Disability Studies, the authors provide a critical analysis of key current issues and consider ways in which the subject can be studied through national and international perspectives, policies, culture and history. This text offers real-world examples of topics that are important to debates and offers a much needed truly international scope on the questions at hand. It is an essential read for any individual studying, practising or with an interest in Disability Studies.
No physical items for this record

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Preface: how to use this book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Approaching disability -- 1 Approaching disability: foundational perspectives -- 2 Approaching disability: global perspectives -- Part II Critical perspectives -- 3 Critical perspectives on disability and childhood -- 4 Critical perspectives on disability and culture -- 5 Critical perspectives on disability and history -- 6 Critical perspectives on disability and identity politics -- Part III Critical issues -- 7 Critical issues: researching disabled children in the social world -- 8 Critical issues: theorising bodies in the social world -- Part IV Conclusion and future directions -- 9 Conclusion: final thoughts and future directions -- References -- Index.

Disability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define 'disability' and establish personal and collective responses to difference. This insightful new text will introduce readers to the discipline of Disability Studies and enable them to engage in the lively debates within the field. By offering an accessible yet rigorous approach to Disability Studies, the authors provide a critical analysis of key current issues and consider ways in which the subject can be studied through national and international perspectives, policies, culture and history. This text offers real-world examples of topics that are important to debates and offers a much needed truly international scope on the questions at hand. It is an essential read for any individual studying, practising or with an interest in Disability Studies.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2025. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Licensed e-book