| South Asia and Disability Studies: Redefining Boundaries and Extending Horizons Contributor(s): Danforth, Scot (Other), Gabel, Susan L. (Other), Rao, Shridevi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433119110 ISBN-13: 9781433119118 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $204.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 362.4 |
| LCCN: 2014009356 |
| Series: Disability Studies in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 311 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Incorporating scholarship that addresses the social, economic, cultural, and historical facets of the experience of disability in South Asia, this book presents the reader with a comprehensive, cogent, and nuanced view of the constructions of disability in this region. In doing so, it focuses on the lived experiences of people with disabilities and their families, analyzing such disabling barriers as poverty, caste, and other inequities that limit their access to education, employment, equity, and empowerment. It addresses the interpretations of disability within different South Asian contexts including policy, family, educational systems, films, and literary narratives. Situated in an interdisciplinary perspective that spans areas such as cultural studies, law, disability studies in education, sociology, and historiography, South Asia and Disability Studies presents a rich and complex understanding of the disability experience in South Asia. The organization of topics parallels the discourse in areas within disability studies such as identity construction, language, historical constructions of disability, and cultural representations of disability. |