01600nam a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260002300042653002600065653001500091100001600106700001500122700001400137245006600151300001100217050001700228520118500245       2013                            d  bPalgrave Macmillan10aTheoretical framework10aDisability1 aGoodley, D 1 aHughes, B 1 aDavis, L 00aDisability and social theory: New developments and directions  a348 p.  a110.24 GOO b3 aThis comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection examines disability from a theoretical perspective. Each chapter challenges dominant biological, individualistic and psychological views of disability, drawing on one or two theories (and theorists) to advance a sustained analysis of disability, impairment and society. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with other transformative ideas around sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality and nation, engaging with ideas from poststructuralism, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, postcolonialism, Marxism, feminisms and queer theory to recast disabled bodies-and-minds as psychosocial, cultural and political phenomena. The book includes contributions from established writers as well as new, emerging and exciting scholars in the field of critical disability studies, with authors writing from a host of disciplines including legal studies, psychology, sociology, development studies, dance, education, philosophy and women's studies. Through its detailed analysis of the conditions of disablism, the text also argues for the celebration of more affirmative views of impairment, disability and disabled identities.