In the Shadow of Disability

Reconnecting History, Identity and Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-8474-0023-3
Verlag: Barbara Budrich

Buch, Englisch, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 207 g

How can one write the history of disability, and what are the consequences for the disabled themselves? This is the key question that Pieter Verstraete addresses in this pioneering book that tries to rethink the possible bonds between disability, history and politics. Since the 1990’s the concept of disability has gained in prominence. Perhaps more than in other branches of historical enquiry, disability historians have attributed a crucial place to the notion ‘identity’. Re-cently, however, the suitability of identity for the realization of libera-ting and emancipatory politics for people with disabilities has been questioned. This book aims to incorporate some of the critical approaches towards identity and to suggest a complementary connection between history and political reform.

Zielgruppe

Undergrads, Postgrads and researchers of Disability Studies, Sociology, Public Health, Political Science; historians of education, historians specialized in gender and minority groups, public health policy makers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verstraete, Pieter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Pieter Verstraete is a Postdoctoral research fellow at the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders/KU Leuven, Belgium.