Disability, Culture and Identity - Softcover

Riddell, Sheila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130894400 ISBN 13: 9780130894403

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Disability, Culture and Identity A presentation of research on disability in 2003, this text provides extensive coverage on the development of thinking cultures of disability; development of the social model of disability; disability and the politcs of social justice; and media treatement of disability, amongst other issues. Full description

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From the Back Cover:

Disabilities, Culture and Identity

is a well-written, succinct and accessible presentation of current research on disability, culture and identity.

It is an ideal text for students and lecturers alike studying and working in the areas of Disability Studies and Social Policy.  Disabilities, Culture and Identity provides a comprehensive and well-structured introduction to an area of growing importance.

The authors provide up-to-date and extensive coverage of the development of thinking on cultures of disability, including those relating to people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems and people with learning difficulties

Also covered in detail are critical areas in disability studies including:

-development of the social model of disability

-disability and the politics of social justice

-disability and theories of culture and media

-disability, ethnicity and generation

-the policy options for empowering disabled people, and how the disabled are empowering themselves

-the disability arts movement

-media treatment of disability

Sheila Riddell is Professor of Social Policy at Glasgow University where she is Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research. She has researched and written extensively in the areas of disability, special educational needs and gender and education.

About the Author:

Sheila Riddell is founding director of the Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Edinburgh and coauthor of "Patterns of Lifelong Learning".

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130894400
• ISBN 13: 9780130894403
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222