Mind and Body Spaces - Geographies of Illness, Impairment and Disability (Hardcover)

Mind and Body Spaces highlights new international research from Britain, USA, Canada and Australia, on bodily impairment, mental health and disabled peoples social worlds. The contributors discuss a variety of current issues including:
* historical conceptions of the body and behaviour
* contemporary political activism
* matters of identity and employment
* accessible housing
* parenthood and child carers
* psychiatric medication use
* masculinity and sexuality
* autobiography
* social exclusion and inclusion.
The contributors are: Hester Parr, Ruth Butler, Rob Imrie, Michael L. Dorn, Deborah Carter Park, John Radford, Brendan Gleeson, Isabel Dyck, Edward Hall, Pamela Moss, Gill Valentine, Christine Milligan, Flora Gathorne-Hardy, Jane Stables, Fiona Smith and Vera Chouinard.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Geographies
Release date:	August 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Ruth Butler • Hester Parr
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-17902-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN:	0-415-17902-5
Barcode:	9780415179027

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