Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness

Campbell, F.

Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to uncover what it means to be 'able' rather than 'disabled'.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-09-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230579286

DOI: 10.1057/9780230245181

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 231