Dangerous Discourses of Disability, Subjectivity and Sexuality
Author | : M. Shildrick |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2009-08-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230244641 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230244645 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dangerous Discourses of Disability, Subjectivity and Sexuality written by M. Shildrick and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative and adventurous work, now in paperback, uses broadly feminist and postmodernist modes of analysis to explore what motivates damaging attitudes and practices towards disability. The book argues for the significance of the psycho-social imaginary and suggests a way forward in disability's queering of normative paradigms.