Disability In Local And Global Worlds (Paperback)

The lives of many disabled people in Europe and North America have improved over the past two decades through innovative technologies and the efforts of the disability rights movement. These changes have been spreading to other societies around the globe--albeit unevenly. In this collection of essays, leading scholars explore global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a wide range of local contexts. The authors report on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, Egypt, India, and Japan. They address the definition of disability, the new eugenics, human rights in local contexts, domestic and state citizenship of disabled people, and issues of identity and belonging.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Benedicte Ingstad • Susan Reynolds Whyte
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-24617-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN:	0-520-24617-9
Barcode:	9780520246171

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