Disability as a Social Construct: Legislative Roots
written by Claire H. Liachowitz, fl. 1988 (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988, originally published 1988), 192 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.
- Field of Interest
- Disability Studies
- Author
- Claire H. Liachowitz, fl. 1988
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2010, by University of Pennsylvania Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 1988
- Page Count
- 192
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place Published / Released
- Philadelphia, PA
- Subject
- Disability Studies, Diversity, Legislation and Politics, Disabled persons, Disability rights movement, Laws and legislation, Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), The Sixties (1960–1974), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Early National Era (1790–1828), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789)
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos
