The Rejected Body : Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability
Wendell, Susan1996
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London : Routledge, 1996.
Collation:
316p.
Notes:
Not yet published.Readership level: Undergraduate; Postgraduate; Research/professional.Publication date: 31/10/1996.This text applies a feminist philosophical perspective to theoretical and practical issues of physical disability, such as who should be identified as disabled, and whether disability is biomedical, social or both.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Who is Disabled? Defining Disability Chapter 2 The Social Construction of Disability Chapter 3 Disability as Difference Chapter 4 The Flight from the Rejected Body Chapter 5 The Cognitive and Social Authority of Medicine Chapter 6 Feminism, Disability and Transendence of the Body.
ISBN:
0415910471 (pbk)0415910463
Language:
English
BRN:
2258911