Civil disabilities : citizenship, membership, and belonging /
Urges a reconceptualization of disability and citizenship to secure a rightful place for disabled persons in society. Essays from leading scholars in a diversity of fields offer critical perspectives on current citizenship studies, which still largely assume an ableist world. Placing historians in c...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Urges a reconceptualization of disability and citizenship to secure a rightful place for disabled persons in society. Essays from leading scholars in a diversity of fields offer critical perspectives on current citizenship studies, which still largely assume an ableist world. Placing historians in conversation with anthropologists, sociologists with literary critics, and musicologists with political scientists, this interdisciplinary volume presents a compelling case for reimagining citizenship that is more consistent, inclusive, and just, in both theory and practice. By placing disability front and center in academic and civic discourse, Civil Disabilities tests the very notion of citizenship and transforms our understanding of disability and belonging. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 307 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812290530 0812290534 |