Download or read book Disability and the Sociological Imagination written by Allison C. Carey and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability and the Sociological Imagination is the first true undergraduate text for the relatively new and growing area of sociology of disability. Written by one of the field’s leading researchers, it discusses the major theorists, research methods, and bodies of knowledge that represents sociology’s key contributions to our understanding of disability. Unlike other available texts, it examines the ways in which major social structures contribute to the production and reproduction of disability, and examines how race, class, gender, and sexual orientation shape the disability experience