Rethinking Disability in India - A Need for a Paradigm Shift

Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this `difference' should be accepted as a part of social diversity. It further interrogates the multiple issues of identification of the disabled and the forms of oppressio

List of contents

Acknowledgements . Introduction . 1. An Autobiographical Note: My Own Journey 2. Conversations about Disability: The Cultural Landscape 3. Understanding Disability: Slippery Ropes 4. At the Periphery: Marginalised Disabled Lives 5. Mystifying Realities: Right to Life 6 . Theorising Disability 7. Politics of Identity: Oppression and Resistance 8. Need for a Paradigm Shift: Conceptualising Disability Studies. Bibliography

About the author

Anita Ghai is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

Summary

Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this ‘difference’ should be accepted as a part of social diversity.

Product details

• Authors: Anita Ghai, Ghai Anita
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9781138020290
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02029-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Social groups, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Disability: social aspects, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Social groups, communities and identities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General