Pride against prejudice
Subtitle: a personal politics of disability
By: Jenny Morris.
Publisher: Women's Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Women with disabilities -- Attitudes; People with disabilities -- Attitudes; Discrimination against people with disabilities
Description: In Pride Against Prejudice, Jenny Morris challengeswith passion, authority, and convictionthe reality of being different. Among the topics she covers are: current and historical debates on the quality of disabled peoples lives; the way disability is represented within Western culture; institutionalization and independence; feminist research and community care; and the politics of the disability movement. She asserts that, for too long, non-disabled people have not only defined the experience of disability but have had control over disabled peoples lives. This important book has grown out of an emerging organization of disabled people who are part of a powerful new culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-199).
Subtitle on cover: Transforming attitudes to disability.