Academic Ableism - Disability and Higher Education (Paperback)

Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved. The ethic of higher education encourages students and teachers alike to accentuate ability, valorize perfection, and stigmatize anything that hints at intellectual, mental, or physical weakness, even as we gesture toward the value of diversity and innovation. Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, Dolmage argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all.

General

Imprint:	The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
Release date:	November 2017
Authors:	Jay T. Dolmage
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-472-05371-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Promotions
LSN:	0-472-05371-X
Barcode:	9780472053711

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