Disability Studies - Sociology

This collection from Disability & Society provides an exploration of the place of technology in disabled people’s lives, documenting and analysing the growing impact of technology on disability and society in recent decades. The authors explore theoretical, empirical and moral dilemmas that arise wi..

Based on fieldwork in Bai Township, this book examines how women with disabilities in rural Southwest China compensate for their disability identity through marriage. As the first book to theorize the married life of rural women with disabilities, it traces the process from mate selection to wedding..

This substantially revised new edition of Shakespeare's challenging review of disability studies draws on his most recent thinking and incorporates new chapters on cultural disability studies, personal assistance, sexuality, and violence...

This substantially revised new edition of Shakespeare's challenging review of disability studies draws on his most recent thinking and incorporates new chapters on cultural disability studies, personal assistance, sexuality, and violence...

Disabilities, Culture and Identity is a succinct and accessible presentation of current research on disability, culture and identity. It is an ideal text for students and lecturers alike studying and working in the areas of Disability Studies and Social Policy.  Disabilities, Culture and Identity pr..

Disabilities, Culture and Identity is a succinct and accessible presentation of current research on disability, culture and identity. It is an ideal text for students and lecturers alike studying and working in the areas of Disability Studies and Social Policy.  Disabilities, Culture and Identity pr..

This ground-breaking book brings together interdisciplinary and global perspectives of violence and protection (from researchers, practitioners and survivors), and takes a life-course approach to explore these issues in relation to disabled females in childhood, adulthood and older life...

This book provides a comprehensive examination of disability, hate crime and violence, exploring its impact on policy. Engaging with the latest debates in criminology, disability and violence studies, it goes beyond conventional notions of hate crime to look at violences in their myriad forms as the..

This book provides a comprehensive examination of disability, hate crime and violence, exploring its impact on policy. Engaging with the latest debates in criminology, disability and violence studies, it goes beyond conventional notions of hate crime to look at violences in their myriad forms as the..

Contemporary human rights discourses problematically co-opt disabled bodies as ’evidence’ of harms done under capitalism, war, and other forms of conflict, while humanitarian non-governmental organizations often use disabled bodies to generate resources for their humanitarian projects. It is the con..

Contemporary human rights discourses problematically co-opt disabled bodies as ’evidence’ of harms done under capitalism, war, and other forms of conflict, while humanitarian non-governmental organizations often use disabled bodies to generate resources for their humanitarian projects. It is the con..

What does the everyday reality of being disabled mean for those involved? Bringing together a range of qualitative methodologies, interviews and ethnographies in a global context, this collection highlights the mundane interactions and everyday occurrences in the lives of people with disabilities ac..