Barriers and Belongings: Personal Narratives of Disability
edited by Alison Quaggin Harkin, fl. 2017, Michelle Jarman, fl. 2007 and Leila Monaghan, fl. 2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2017, originally published 2017), 297 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to the essential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives that explore what it means to live with disability and why the field of disability studies matters. Every chapter includes key terms, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading. Barriers and Belonging explores how disability informs self-knowledge, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. Contributors offer experiential insight into living with an array of disabilities, from spinal cord injuries, blindness, deafness, and autism to psychiatric diagnoses, learning disabilities, and chronic pain. Several essays articulate activist and pride orientations toward disability, demonstrating the importance of understanding disability as a multi-dimensional process-as personal, relational and socio-political.
- Field of Interest
- Disability Studies
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2017 Temple University
- Content Type
- Book
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- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2017
- Page Count
- 297
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Philadelphia, PA
- Subject
- Disability Studies, Diversity, Theory, Advocacy and Rights, Independence, Education, & Accessibility, Disabled persons, Disabilities, Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Accessibility and Independence, History of Care, Independência, Educação e Acessibilidade, Independencia, Educación y Accesibilidad, Education, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Accessibility and Independence, History of Care, Independência, Educação e Acessibilidade, Independencia, Educación y Accesibilidad, Education