Rethinking Disability in India

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8153-7321-6
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this ‘difference’ should be accepted as a part of social diversity. It further interrogates the multiple issues of identification of the disabled and the forms of oppression they face.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ghai, Anita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. An Autobiographical Note: My Own Journey 2. Conversations about Disability: The Cultural Landscape 3. Understanding Disability: Slippery Ropes 4. At the Periphery: Marginalised Disabled Lives 5. Mystifying Realities: Right to Life 6. Theorising Disability 7. Politics of Identity: Oppression and Resistance 8. Need for a Paradigm Shift: Conceptualising Disability Studies. Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Anita Ghai is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi.