Stories on Disability Through Our Voices - Born This Way

This book integrates the discipline of disability studies with the lived experiences of women with visible disabilities. It seeks to foreground the silenced voices of Korean and Korean American women with visible physical disabilities in South Korea and the United States.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction - The Untapped Power of First-Person Narratives: Breaking the Silence of Korean Women With Physical Disabilities. 2.Hee-Yeon: Reconnecting With a Childhood Friend Striving to Articulate the Multivariant Nature of Disability Identity. 3.Jinju: Living in the Body of a Disabled Person With the Perspective of a Nondisabled Person. 4.Theresa: Questioning Moments of Marginalization and Moving Beyond Barriers. 5.Helen: Living in Two Countries, South Korea and the United States. 6."Life Goes On": The Continuous Journey of Living With a Disabled Body.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Yoon Joo Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Childhood, Bilingual and Special Education, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA. She is the co-author of Inclusion in the Early Childhood Classroom: What Makes a Difference? New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Zusammenfassung

This book integrates the discipline of disability studies with the lived experiences of women with visible disabilities. It seeks to foreground the silenced voices of Korean and Korean American women with visible physical disabilities in South Korea and the United States.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Yoon Joo Lee
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032740935
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274093-5
• Seiten: 126
• Serie: Autocritical Disability Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; Korea, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Personal & public health, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Regional / International studies, Disability: social aspects, Relating to Asian American people, Personal and public health / health education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies