Nothing about us without us : disability oppression and empowerment / James I. Charlton.
James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-y. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520925441 0520925440 0585047790 9780585047799 |