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Disability Theory

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Abstract

"Disability Theory is just the book we've been waiting for. Clear, cogent, compelling analyses of the tension between the 'social model' of disability and the material details of impairment; of identity politics and unstable identities; of capability rights and human interdependence; of disability and law, disability as masquerade, disability and sexuality, disability and democracy---they're all here, in beautifully crafted and intellectually startling essays. Disability Theory is a field-defining book: and if you're curious about what 'disability' has to do with 'theory,' it's just the book you've been waiting for, too." ---Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University "Disability Theory is magisterially…

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Keywords
  • Disability studies
  • Manifesto
  • Queer theory
  • Sociology
  • Identity (music)
  • Medical model of disability
  • Field (mathematics)
  • Value (mathematics)
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