Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 197 pages)
ISBN:
9780520925441
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0520925440
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0585047790
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9780585047799
Inhalt:
James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-y
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index
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COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; THE ARGUMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PEOPLE INTERVIEWED; PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Nothing About Us Without Us; PART II. DISABILITY OPPRESSION AND EVERYDAY LIFE; 2. The Dimensions of Disability Oppression: An Overview; 3. Political Economy and the World System; 4. Culture(s) and Belief Systems; 5. Consciousness and Alienation; 6. Observations on Everyday Life; PART III. EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANIZATION; 7. Empowered Consciousness and the Philosophy of Empowerment; 8. The Organization of Empowerment; PART IV. CONCLUSION; 9. The Dialectics of Oppression and Empowerment.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520224810
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Charlton, James I Nothing about us without us Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998 ISBN 0520207955
Sprache:
Englisch
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