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Disability/Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory

Disability/Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory

Shakespeare, Tom
Corker, Mairian

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General Sociology

ISBN10: 0826450555
ISBN13: 9780826450555
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Apr 30 2002
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.19 Depth: 9.29
Language: English

With contributions from leading scholars in the USA, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Japan, India, Australia and Jordan, Disability and Postmodernity is the first book to study disability within the context of the postmodern world of the twenty-first century. Organized into three sections, the volume opens with an exploration of theoretical perspectives, looking especially at phenomenology, at the body, and at concepts of difference and identity. The second section deals with culture, discussing aesthetics, narrative, film, architecture and design, while the final section explores social practice, including chapters on disabled childrens' perspectives, sexual identity and madness and mental distress.The collection creates a bridge between social science perspectives on disability (predominant in disability studies in the UK for example) and humanities perspectives (which dominate the US approach). The authors aim to demystify the concept of postmodernity and to suggest ways in which it fosters a holistic approach to the study of disability that better represents and reflects the complexity of disabled people's experience. This is a unique and important contribution to both disability studies and social and cultural theory.

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