Barriers and Belongings: Personal Narratives of Disability

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
Duration
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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

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