Keywords for Disability Studies (Paperback)

Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability Studies Keywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and end of life. Each of the 60 essays in Keywords for Disability Studies focuses on a distinct critical concept, including "ethics," "medicalization," "performance," "reproduction," "identity," and "stigma," among others. Although the essays recognize that "disability" is often used as an umbrella term, the contributors to the volume avoid treating individual disabilities as keywords, and instead interrogate concepts that encompass different components of the social and bodily experience of disability. The essays approach disability as an embodied condition, a mutable historical phenomenon, and a social, political, and cultural identity. An invaluable resource for students and scholars alike, Keywords for Disability Studies brings the debates that have often remained internal to disability studies into a wider field of critical discourse, providing opportunities for fresh theoretical considerations of the field's core presuppositions through a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Visit keywords.nyupress.org for online essays, teaching resources, and more.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Keywords
Release date:	August 2015
Editors:	Rachel Adams • Benjamin Reiss • David Serlin
Dimensions:	203 x 203 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-4798-3952-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN:	1-4798-3952-3
Barcode:	9781479839520

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