{"product_id":"claiming-disability-knowledge-and-identity-9780814751343","title":"Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive assessment of the field of Disability Studies that presents beyond the medical to dig into the meaning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact of disability has been felt everywhere since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. And a remarkable groundswell of activism and critical literature has followed in this wake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaiming Disability \u003c\/i\u003eis the first comprehensive examination of Disability Studies as a field of inquiry. Disability Studies is not simply about the variations that exist in human behavior, appearance, functioning, sensory acuity, and cognitive processing but the meaning we make of those variations. With vivid imagery and numerous examples, Simi Linton explores the divisions society creates--the normal versus the pathological, the competent citizen versus the ward of the state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Map and manifesto, \u003ci\u003eClaiming Disability\u003c\/i\u003e overturns medicalized versions of disability and establishes disabled people and their allies as the rightful claimants to this territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simi Linton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814751343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinton, Simi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSimi Linton\u003c\/b\u003e is Founder and President of Disability\/Arts, an organization devoted to working with artists and cultural institutions to help shape the presentation of disability in the arts and to increase the representation of work by disabled artists. She is also Founder and Co-Director of the Disability Studies Project, a curriculum development project at Hunter College in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181788491891,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":60.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_468d9534-a79e-46a4-850f-a94c5b027f6d.jpg?v=1766931836","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/claiming-disability-knowledge-and-identity-9780814751343","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}