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  • Approaching disability : critical issues and perspectives
    Mallett, Rebecca ; Runswick-Cole, Katherine
    Disability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define 'disability' and establish personal and collective responses to difference. This ... insightful new text will introduce readers to the discipline of Disability Studies and enable them to engage in the lively debates within the field. By offering an accessible yet rigorous approach to Disability Studies, the authors provide a critical analysis of key current issues and consider ways in which the subject can be studied through national and international perspectives, policies, culture and history.Key debates include:The relationship between activism and the academyWays to study cultural and media representations of disabilityThe importance of disability history and how societies can changeNational and international perspectives on children, childhood and education Political perspectives on disability and identityThe place of the body in disability theoryThis text offers real-world examples of topics that are important to debates and offers a much needed truly international scope on the questions at hand. It is an essential read for any individual studying, practising or with an interest in Disability Studies.
    Type of material - scient. monogr.
    Publication and manufacture - London ; New York : Routledge, 2014
    Language - english
    ISBN - 978-0-415-73589-6; 978-1-408-27906-9; 978-1-315-76546-4
    COBISS.SI-ID - 10197065

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Faculty of Education, Ljubljana Ljubljana PEFLJ outside loan 1 cop.
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