Rethinking disability
Subtitle: world perspectives in culture and society
By: Patrick Devlieger, Beatriz Miranda-Galarza, Steven E. Brown & Megan Strickfaden (Eds)
Contributors: Devlieger, Patrick, editor
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Garant Uitgevers; Garant Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9789044134179
Subjects: People with disabilities; Social conditions; Services for
Description: The act of life is a lived experience, common and unique, that ties each of us to every other lived experience. The fact of disability does not alter this fundamental truth. In this edition of 'Rethinking Disability: World Perspectives in Culture and Society', we are presented with a system of thinking that considers the values of disability, as a resource, as a creative source of culture that moves disability out of the realm of victimized people and insurmountable barriers, and provides opportunities to use the experience of disability to enter into networks that recognize strengths of differing abilities. The authors within will intrigue you, will move you, will charm you, but always will challenge your notion of sameness and difference as they confront the construct and (de)construct of disability and ableism. They present compelling arguments for viewing disABILITY through the multiple lenses of disability culture. They explore themes and issues that transcend past and origins, time and place, nuances of genetics, to experiences of present and becoming, and towards the future and beyond mere human, yet always intrinsically connected to being human. This book is intended for all audiences who dare to confront difference and sameness within themselves and in connection with others; to inspire researchers who wish to explore, and examine disability across social, cultural and economic barriers. It is an invitation to push away the barriers, bring ableism inside to a place where the prosthesis is no longer the elephant in the room.
Notes: Edition statement from page 11.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing disABILITY MUNDUS : history, critical theory, and plurality through the lens of disability culture  -- Patrick Devlieger, Steven E. Brown, Beatriz Miranda-Galarza, & Megan Strickfaden; title: Disability histories and sociocultural foundations  -- Megan Strickfaden & Beatriz Miranda-Galarza; title: (Re)presenting and performing disability  -- Steven E. Brown & Beatriz Miranda-Galarza; title: Local meets global, global meets local  -- Patrick Devlieger & Megan Strickfaden; title: Constructing and transitioning through pedagogy  -- Beatriz Miranda-Galarza & Patrick Devlieger; title: Transmodern, transhuman and posthuman explorations -- Megan Strickfaden & Steven E. Brown.