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Dis/ability Studies: Theorising disablism and ableism

Dis/ability Studies: Theorising disablism and ableism

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General SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0415827221
ISBN13: 9780415827225
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 28 2014
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In this ground-breaking new work, Dan Goodley makes the case for a novel, distinct, intellectual, and political project - dis/ability studies - an orientation that might encourage us to think again about the phenomena of disability and ability.

Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary areas, including sociology, psychology, education, policy and cultural studies, this much needed text takes the most topical and important issues in critical disability theory, and pushes them into new theoretical territory. Goodley argues that we are entering a time of dis/ability studies, when both categories of disability and ability require expanding upon as a response to the global politics of neoliberal capitalism. Divided into two parts, the first section traces the dual processes of ableism and disablism, suggesting that one cannot exist without the other, and makes the case for a research-driven and intersectional analysis of dis/ability. The second section applies this new analytical framework to a range of critical topics, including:

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