Disability, self, and society
By: Tanya Titchkosky.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Sociology of disability.; People with disabilities.; Handicap -- Aspect sociologique.
Description: "Disability, Self, and Society speaks with authenticity about disability as a process of identity formation within a culture that has done a great deal to de-emphasize the complexity of disability experience. Unlike many who hold the conventional sociological view of disability as a 'lack' or stigmatized identity, Tanya Titchkosky approaches disability as an agentive (not passive) embodiment of liminality and as a demonstration of socially valuable in-between-ness.

She argues that disability can and should be a 'teacher' to, and about, non-disabled or 'temporarily abled' society, hence, the vital necessity that disability stays with us."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index.