| Disability in Local and Global Worlds Contributor(s): Ingstad, Benedicte (Editor), Whyte, Susan Reynolds (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520246179 ISBN-13: 9780520246171 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: The lives of many disabled people in Europe and North America have improved over the past two decades through innovative technologies and the efforts of the disability rights movement. These changes have been spreading to other societies around the globe--albeit unevenly. In this collection of essays, leading scholars explore global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a wide range of local contexts. The authors report on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, Egypt, India, and Japan. They address the definition of disability, the new eugenics, human rights in local contexts, domestic and state citizenship of disabled people, and issues of identity and belonging. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 362.4 |
| LCCN: 2007006678 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.36" W x 8.98" (1.03 lbs) 334 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged - Topical - Physically Challenged - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The lives of many disabled people in Europe and North America have improved over the past two decades through innovative technologies and the efforts of the disability rights movement. These changes have been spreading to other societies around the globe-albeit unevenly. In this collection of essays, leading scholars explore global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a wide range of local contexts. The authors report on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, Egypt, India, and Japan. They address the definition of disability, the new eugenics, human rights in local contexts, domestic and state citizenship of disabled people, and issues of identity and belonging. |