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Disability/Postmodernity

Embodying Disability Theory

Tom Shakespeare editor Mairian Corker editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st May '02

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With contributions from leading scholars in the USA, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Japan, India, Australia and Jordan, this text looks at the study of disablity within the context of the "postmodern" world of the 21st century. Organized into three sections, the volume opens with an exploration of theoretical perspectives, looking especially at phenomenology, the body and at concepts of difference and identity. The second section deals with culture, discussing aesthetics, narrative, film, architecture and design; while the final section explores social practice with papers discussing issues which include disabled children's perspectives (which dominate the US approach). The authors aim to demystify the concept of postmodernity and to suggest ways in which it fosters a holistic approach to the study of disability that better represents and reflects the complexity of disabled people's experiences.

Disability/postmodernity does well to signal the emergence of a new postmodernist sensibility that has largely failed to emerge from the 'social model' approach to disability research. I found the book both engaging and enjoyable and thoroughly recommend it. -- Cassandra Loeser, Research Centre for Gender Studies, University of South Australia, Magill SA Australia

ISBN: 9780826450555

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 376g

264 pages