The Disability Studies Reader

Posted on 22 May 2019 by Lennard J. Davis

The Disability Studies Reader collects, for the first time, representative texts from the newly emerging field of disability studies This volume represents a major advance in presenting the most important writings about disability with an emphasis on those writers working from a materialist and postmodernist perspective.Drawing together experts in cultural studies, literary criticism, sociology, biology, the visual arts, pedagogy and post colonial studies, the collection provides a comprehensive approach to the issue of disability Contributors include Erving Goffman, Susan Sontag, Michelle Fine and Susan Wendell. Free Read [ The Disability Studies Reader ] author [ Lennard J. Davis ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Im marking this ad read for now since it has been in my reading for probably a year I didn t realize it was a textbook size book when I got it This isn t bad, it just made it very difficult to read cover to cover I mostly did though It has a wide variety of essays touching onthan disability alone The essays on abortion and disability were probably what taught me the most and were very interesting But, there are a lot of good ones in here It could use a bitdisabled poc Im marking this ad read for now since it has been in my reading for probably a year I didn t realize it was a textbook size book when I got it This isn t bad, it just made it very difficult to read cover to cover I mostly did though It has a wide variety of ...One of the most helpful Disability Studies books I ve read so far I mean, this has a piece by my favourite scholar Rosemarie Garland Thomson, in so it was already good in my eyes.Phenomenal reader for Disability Studies Sociology of Disability I used this for myself as a companion to Davis sundergrad friendly primer on disability studies I assigned some of the articles to supplement the primer, and read a lotto enhance my understanding and to add to lectures Using the...An amazing book that makes you think Discussing topics about oppression, stigmatisation and discrimination Should be on the curriculum A must read for everybody This book covers race, sexuality, disability feminism and much .Particularly enjoyed the essays on the intersection between disability studies and feminist theory.If I could place one book into the hands of every School Principal, every Vice Chancellor and every employer, then it would be this one This is the fourth edition of The Disability Studies Reader and for readers of earlier editions, this one is worth the purchase price and upgrade.Every chapter is beautifully written It is appropriately crafted for researchers, activists and men and women who want to make our on and offline spaces operate with greater precision, clarity, openness and justice If I could place one book into the hands of every School Principal, every Vice Chancellor and every employer, then it would be this one This is the fourth edition of The Disability Studies Reader and for readers of earlier editions, this one is worth the purchase price and upgrade.Every chapter is beautifully written It is appropriately crafted for researchers, activists and men and women who want to make our on and offline spaces operate with greater precision, clarity, openness and justice.This book impressed me so much because it pulled no punches Researchers work in the complex spaces between disability studies and postcolonialism, disability studies and poststructuralism But there is deep attention to the deaf community and Deaf Studies, and the impact of medical interventions Mental health concerns and Mad Pride are discussed Perhaps the most powerful chapter written by Harriet McBryde Johnson and titled Unspeakable Conversations takes on utilitarian philosophy that too...An excellent and exciting survey of the contemporary state of disability studies Pieces in this book cover a wide range of issues through the lens of disability law, sexuality, gender, race, the body, literature, history, media representations, reproduction, social movements, incarceration, art, public policy, chronic illness, psychiatry, and manytopics Stand...This collection is a bit heavy on lit crit and queer studies A few of the selections spend a lot of time talking about the other chapters of the respective books from which they were taken, which could have been remedied with a bit of editing before publication or some additional footnotes...A super comprehensive guide to disability There was a decent amount of variety in terms of approach, but the collection seemed to be skewed heavily towards audio and visual impairment, so it would have been nice to havediscussion in some other areas That being said, anyone interested in socia...I needed this book in order to write a paper on prosthetics using disability studies This book is very helpful in understanding how this discipline works and how to apply it to literature and other disciplines It also gives the histo...

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22 May 2019

Lennard J. Davis