Description: Barriers and Belonging : Personal Narratives of Disability, Hardcover by Jarman, Michelle (EDT); Monaghan, Leila (EDT); Harkin, Alison Quaggin (EDT), ISBN 1439913870, ISBN-13 9781439913871, Brand New, Free shipping in the US What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to thisessential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives thatexplore what it means to be disabled and why the field of disability studies matters. The editors frame the volume by introducing foundational themes of disability studies. They provide a context of how institutionsincluding the family, schools, government, and disability peer organizationsshape and transform ideas about disability. They explore how disability informs personal identity, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. In addition, there are heartfelt reflections on living with mobility disabilities, blindness, deafness, pain, autism, psychological disabilities, and other issues. Other essays articulate activist and pride orientations toward disability, demonstrating the importance of reframing traditional narratives of sorrow and medicalization. The critical, self-reflective essays in Barriers and Belonging provide unique insights into the range and complexity of disability experience.
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Book Title: Barriers and Belonging : Personal Narratives of Disability
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: People with Disabilities, Personal Memoirs
Item Height: 1 in
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Leila Monaghan
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
