Representing Disability in an Ableist World

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Beth a. Haller Ph. D.Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller's 20 years of research into disability and mass ...

Reducere. Ableism, a form of discrimination that elevates "able" bodies over those perceived as less capable, remains one of the most widespread areas of sys...

Introduces a specific religious tradition in a manner that offers innovative approaches to familiar themes in contemporary debates about religion a...

Religion plays a critical role in determining how disability is understood and how persons with disabilities are treated. Examining the world's rel...

DescriptionHenry Morris is watching his wife slip away from him. In an ageist society, where euthanasia is encouraged as a patriotic act, dementia ...

Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by Medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness an...

Offers a conceptual overview of documentary filmmaking practice

This book explores the role of masculinity in shaping citizenship in the western world. Can the universal ideal of citizenship be redeemed or is it...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A collection of essays exploring how biocultural and literary dynamics acted together to shape conceptions of sleep states in the early modern peri...

DescriptionFor people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient creatures tha...

This book presents an investigation into the need for an EU-level framework to regulate genetic information. It is ideal for legal and medical scho...

A long awaited new edition of Dan Goodley's acclaimed introduction to disability studies. A critical, multidisciplinary text used by students and r...

Reducere. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction ...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history.-- Buzzfeed One of the most...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Adria L. ImadaIllustration(s): 92 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 350Collection: American Cro...

This is the first investigation of solo dancers in Archaic and Classical Greek literature. It demonstrates that dancing alone signifies transgressi...

Reducere. Best Friends and Bullies is a fictitious story that is based, in part, on my personal struggles. I was born with a disorder known as Neurofibromato...

DescriptionNow in its second edition, Rethinking Disability introduces new and experienced teachers to ethical framings of disability and strategie...

Reducere. From 1936 to 1939, the New Deal's Federal Writers' Project collected life stories from more than 2, 300 former African American slaves. These narra...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Enno (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) MaessenNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dim...

Couples and families face daunting challenges as they cope with serious illness and disability. This book gives clinicians a roadmap for helping af...

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Reducere. In the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World, acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey by building upon wher...

Description"This book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world ...

Reducere. One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, h...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Description** FINALIST - 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards ** Do you long for alone time? Feel pressured by social demands? Get overstimulated? Wear a...

DescriptionThe scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Defense of Loose Translations is a memoir that bridges the personal and professional experiences of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Having spent...

Reducere. Delivers knowledge critical to understanding the multidimensional aspects of working with varied populations with disabilities This is the only int...

Reducere. Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Dorothy RoweNumber of pages: 215Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 18Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. This text serves as a pedagogical introduction to the theoretical concepts on application of topology in condensed matter systems. It covers an int...

A core curriculum of salient topics related to health issues for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities of all ages. Deisgned for...

Representing Abortion analyses how artists, writers, performers, and activists make abortion visible, audible, and palpable within contexts dominat...

Publisher: Orpen PressAuthor(s): Pauline ConroyNumber of pages: 274Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softback...

This book argues that industrial patriarchy in South Wales established an exclusive though damaging form of structural masculine conformity express...

Reducere. This book is an invitation to become one of those passionate and transformative teachers, someone who can join with others to rescue teaching from ...

Reducere. This is the only text to examine the experience of disability in relation to theories of human growth and development. It provides a foundational a...

'Fascinating essays ... Nochlin is a woman of learning and accomplishment' Andrea Dworkin

This open access book follows the idea that security policy must be based on strategic analysis. Defence policy and the role of the armed forces ca...

Reducere. Learn why the concept of "weird" is being reclaimed and turned into a badge of honor, used to show how being different--culturally, socially, physi...

Reducere. I began my study of Gog and Magog more than fifteen years ago in the early 90's while resident in New York. My subsequent public lecture on the sub...

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) an...

This collection of essays investigates the historical genealogy of our contemporary ideas of intellectual or learning disability. The essays engage...

This collection of essays investigates the historical genealogy of our contemporary ideas of intellectual or learning disability. The essays engage...

In her first book, Irish YouTuber Melanie Murphy shares a series of experiences from the struggle that is growing up in the digital age: cyberbully...

Reducere. Risk Thinking is a book about codifying common sense in a world of radical uncertainty. Our brains are wired to think forward, to imagine future si...