Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
About the Book Series
Disability studies has made great strides in exploring power and the body. This series extends the interdisciplinary dialogue between disability studies and other fields by asking how disability studies can influence a particular field. It will show how a deep engagement with disability studies changes our understanding of the following fields: sociology, literary studies, gender studies, bioethics, social work, law, education, or history. This ground-breaking series identifies both the practical and theoretical implications of such an interdisciplinary dialogue and challenges people in disability studies as well as other disciplinary fields to critically reflect on their professional praxis in terms of theory, practice, and methods.
International Editor: Karen Soldatić
Founding Editor: Mark Sherry (2010-2021)
Critical Disability Studies and the Disabled Child: Unsettling Distinctions
1st Edition
By Harriet Cooper
June 13, 2022
This book examines the relationship between contemporary cultural representations of disabled children on the one hand, and disability as a personal experience of internalised oppression on the other. In focalising this debate through an exploration of the politically and emotionally charged figure...
Dwarfism, Spatiality and Disabling Experiences
1st Edition
By Erin Pritchard
May 30, 2022
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social and spatial experiences of people with dwarfism, an impairment that results in a person being no taller than 4' 10". This book engages with the concept that dwarfism’s most prominent feature – body size and shape – can form the basis of social ...
Disability and Citizenship Studies
1st Edition
By Marie Sépulchre
April 29, 2022
Focusing on the case of disability, this book examines what happens when previously marginalised individuals obtain the legal recognition of their equal citizenship rights but cannot fully enjoy these rights because of structural inequality. Bringing together disability and citizenship studies, it...
Disability, Globalization and Human Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Hisayo Katsui, Shuaib Chalklen
April 29, 2022
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has facilitated the understanding that disability is both a human rights and development issue. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the focus on disability inclusion has become increasingly important in the ...
Identity Construction and Illness Narratives in Persons with Disabilities
1st Edition
Edited
By Chalotte Glintborg, Manuel L. de la Mata
April 29, 2022
This book investigates how being diagnosed with various disabilities impacts on identity. Once diagnosed with a disability, there is a risk that this label can become the primary status both for the person diagnosed as well as for their family. This reification of the diagnosis can be oppressive ...
Reimagining Disablist and Ableist Violence as Abjection
1st Edition
By Ryan Thorneycroft
April 29, 2022
Drawing upon vivid and harrowing life history narratives of people labelled intellectually disabled, this book examines the ways in which disabled subjects are constituted, regulated, governed, and violated through an account of abjection. Extending interdisciplinary dialogues and approaches, it ...
Women with Disabilities as Agents of Peace, Change and Rights: Experiences from Sri Lanka
1st Edition
Edited
By Karen Soldatic, Dinesha Samararatne
April 29, 2022
Drawing on rich empirical work emerging from core conflict regions within the island nation of Sri Lanka, this book illustrates the critical role that women with disabilities play in post-armed conflict rebuilding and development. This pathbreaking book shows the critical role that women with ...
Disability Hate Speech: Social, Cultural and Political Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Sherry, Terje Olsen, Janikke Solstad Vedeler, John Eriksen
June 30, 2021
This book, the first to specifically focus on disability hate speech, explains what disability hate speech is, why it is important, what laws regulate it (both online and in person) and how it is different from other forms of hate. Unfortunately, disability is often ignored or overlooked in ...
Sexual Citizenship and Disability: Understanding Sexual Support in Policy, Practice and Theory
1st Edition
By Julia Bahner
June 30, 2021
What does ‘sexual citizenship’ mean in practice for people with mobility impairmentswho may need professional support to engage in sexual activity?The book explores this subject through empirical investigation based oncase studies conducted in four countries – Sweden, England, Australia and ...
Disability and Social Representations Theory: The Case of Hearing Loss
1st Edition
By Vinaya Manchaiah, Berth Danermark, Per Germundsson, Pierre Ratinaud
March 31, 2021
Disability and Social Representations Theory provides theoretical and methodological knowledge to uncover the public perception of disabilities. Over the last decade there has been a significant shift from body to environment, and the relation between the two, when understanding the phenomenon of ...
Global Perspectives on Disability Activism and Advocacy: Our Way
1st Edition
Edited
By Karen Soldatic, Kelley Johnson
March 31, 2021
This book explores the diverse ways in which disability activism and advocacy are experienced and practised by people with disabilities and their allies.Contributors to the book explore the very different strategies and campaigns they have used to have their demands for respect, dignity and rights ...
Identity (Re)constructions After Brain Injury: Personal and Family Identity
1st Edition
By Chalotte Glintborg
December 18, 2020
Identity (Re)constructions After Brain Injury: Personal and Family Identity investigates how being diagnosed with acquired brain injury (ABI) impacts identity (re)construction in both adults with ABI and their close relatives. To show how being diagnosed with ABI impacts identity (re)construction, ...