Foundations of disability studies

A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more.

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Group Author: Wappett, Matthew; Arndt, Katrina
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137363787
Summary: A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137373526, 2013.
Carrier Form: 208 p.
ISBN: 9781137363787 :
1137363789 :
CLC: D771.286.9
Contents: Foreword: Scope of the books and focus areas-- Wappett & Arndt Essay: Introducing Foundational Scholars and their role in the development of DS-- Wappett & Arndt 1. Handicapism in America with update from the authors-- Robert Bogdan & Doug Biklen 2. Disability and the pain of minority identity-- Tobin Siebers 3. Historicizing dis/ability and race: Containing difference and disability-- David Connor & Beth Ferri 4. Lost and found in space: The geographical imagination and disability-- Brendan Gleeson 5. Musical becoming: Intellectual disability and the transformative power of music-- Licia Ca