
BLACKNESS AND DISABILITY |
Subtitle:
Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions
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Book Category:
Social Science > Black Studies (Global)
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Author:
Bell, Christopher M.
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
1611860105
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ISBN 13:
9781611860108
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Price:
USD 29.95
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Publication Year:
2011
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Publisher Info
Michigan State University Press. InquiryBook Description
Disability Studies diverge from the medical model of disability (which argues that disabled subjects can and should be "fixed") to view disability as socially constructed, much in the same way other identities are. The work of reading black and disabled bodies is not only recovery work, but work that requires a willingness to deconstruct the systems that would keep those bodies in separate spheres.
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