Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies

Zusatztext "In the companion volumes Foundations of Disability Studies and Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies! editors Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt bring together a wide range of authors who trace the arc in disability theorizing that began 35 years ago in the US and UK with foundational texts like Bogdan and Taylor's Handicapism! Zola's Missing Pieces! UPIAS's Fundamental Principles of Disability! and other important contributions. The collections go on to explore disability theory from diverse vantage points from the foundational texts to the present rising generation of scholars who explore race and disability! space and disability! war/ideology/disability! historical methodology (i.e.! archaeology)! and gender. These books are timely in that they address embodiment! something the social and minority models of disability tend to overlook. A valuable contribution to the field." - Susan L. Gabel! Professor! Director of the PhD Program! College of Educational Studies! Chapman University! USA Informationen zum Autor Anjali Forber-Pratt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USASteven Aragon, Texas State University-San Marcos, USAChristopher A. Riddle, Utica College, USATom Jordan, Binghamton University, NYWilliam Southwell-Wright, Durham University, UKLien Claes, Ghent University, BelgiumElisabeth De Schauwer, Ghent University, BelgiumGeert Van Hove, Ghent University, BelgiumRodney Hume-Dawson, Chapman University, USASarah Parker Harris, University of Illinois at Chicago, USARandell Owen, University of Illinois at Chicago, USARobert Gould, University of Illinois at Chicago, USACarrie Snow, Teachers College, Columbia University, USARebekah Moras, University of Illinois at Chicago, USAMargaret Rose Torrell, SUNY College at Old Westbury, USA Klappentext Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies brings together up-and-coming scholars whose works expand disability studies into new interdisciplinary contexts. This includes new perspectives on disability identity; historical constructions of (dis)ability; the geography of disability; the spiritual nature of disability; governmentality and disability rights; neurodiversity and challenges to medicalized constructions of autism; and questions of citizenship and participation in political and sexual economies. In sum! this volume uses disability studies as an innovative framework for its investigation into what it means to be human. Zusammenfassung Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies brings together up-and-coming scholars whose works expand disability studies into new interdisciplinary contexts. This includes new perspectives on disability identity; In sum, this volume uses disability studies as an innovative framework for its investigation into what it means to be human. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Scope of the books and Focus Areas; Wappett and Arndt Introductory Essay: Emerging Voices in DS Scholarship and a View to the Future of DS; Wappett and Arndt 1. The Trajectory of Entering Disability Culture; Anjali Forber-Pratt and Steven Aragon 2. The Ontology of Impairment: Rethinking how we Define Disability; Christopher A. Riddle 3. Disability, Vietnam, and the Discourse of American Exceptionalism; Tom Jordan 4. Past Perspectives: What Can Archaeology Offer Disability Studies?; William Southwell-Wright 5. Disability Studies and Social Geography Make a Good Marriage; Lien Claes, Elisabeth De Schauwer and Geert Van Hove 6. Embodiment of Disability: A Spiritual, Disability Studies, and Transformative Perspective; Rodney Hume-Dawson 7. Equality through Difference: Policy Values, Human Rights, and Social Justice; Sarah Parker Harris, Randell Owen and Robert Gould 8. Beyond Visions of Repair: Evoking a Parlance of Capacity and Competence in Research on Asperger Syndrome and Schooling; Carrie Snow 9. Feminism, Rape Culture, and Intellectual Disability: Incorporating Sexual self-...

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Foreword: Scope of the books and Focus Areas; Wappett and Arndt Introductory Essay: Emerging Voices in DS Scholarship and a View to the Future of DS; Wappett and Arndt 1. The Trajectory of Entering Disability Culture; Anjali Forber-Pratt and Steven Aragon 2. The Ontology of Impairment: Rethinking how we Define Disability; Christopher A. Riddle 3. Disability, Vietnam, and the Discourse of American Exceptionalism; Tom Jordan 4. Past Perspectives: What Can Archaeology Offer Disability Studies?; William Southwell-Wright 5. Disability Studies and Social Geography Make a Good Marriage; Lien Claes, Elisabeth De Schauwer and Geert Van Hove 6. Embodiment of Disability: A Spiritual, Disability Studies, and Transformative Perspective; Rodney Hume-Dawson 7. Equality through Difference: Policy Values, Human Rights, and Social Justice; Sarah Parker Harris, Randell Owen and Robert Gould 8. Beyond Visions of Repair: Evoking a Parlance of Capacity and Competence in Research on Asperger Syndrome and Schooling; Carrie Snow 9. Feminism, Rape Culture, and Intellectual Disability: Incorporating Sexual self-advocacy and Sexual Consent Capacity; Rebekah Moras 10. Potentialities: Toward a Transformative Theory of Disabled Masculinities; Margaret Rose Torrell

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"In the companion volumes Foundations of Disability Studies and Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies, editors Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt bring together a wide range of authors who trace the arc in disability theorizing that began 35 years ago in the US and UK with foundational texts like Bogdan and Taylor's Handicapism, Zola's Missing Pieces, UPIAS's Fundamental Principles of Disability, and other important contributions. The collections go on to explore disability theory from diverse vantage points from the foundational texts to the present rising generation of scholars who explore race and disability, space and disability, war/ideology/disability, historical methodology (i.e., archaeology), and gender. These books are timely in that they address embodiment, something the social and minority models of disability tend to overlook. A valuable contribution to the field." - Susan L. Gabel, Professor, Director of the PhD Program, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University, USA

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• Authors: Matthew Arndt Wappett
• Assisted by: Arndt (Editor), Arndt (Editor), K. Arndt (Editor), Wappett (Editor), M Wappett (Editor), M. Wappett (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2015
• EAN: 9781349475933
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47593-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, Gender Studies, Sociology of Education, Education, Teaching, Sociology, Sociology, general, teacher training, higher education, Gender studies, gender groups, Social research & statistics, Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational sociology, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Education and sociology