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Contours of Ableism The Production of Disability and Abledness

Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to...

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Main Author: Campbell, Fiona Kumari
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
Subjects:
Social Service
Medical Sociology
Social Policy
Sociology, Educational
Human Body / Social Aspects
Social Sciences
Sociology Of Education
Educational Sociology
Social Medicine
Sociology, General
Education And Sociology
Sociology
Sociology Of The Body
Social Work And Community Development
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to uncover what it means to be 'able' rather than 'disabled'
Physical Description:XIV, 231 p online resource
ISBN:9780230245181

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