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Disability theory / Tobin Siebers.

By: Siebers, Tobin.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Corporealities. Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008Description: 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780472070398 (cloth : alk. paper); 0472070398 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780472050390 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0472050397 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Disability studies | Sociology of disability | People with disabilities -- Social conditions | Disability studies | People with disabilities -- Social conditions | Sociology of disabilityDDC classification: 305.908
Contents:
Introduction -- Tender organs, narcissism, and identity politics -- Body theory : from social construction to the new realism of the body -- Disability studies and the future of identity politics -- Disability as masquerade -- Disability experience on trial -- A sexual culture for disabled people -- Sex, shame, and disability identity : with reference to Mark O'Brien -- Disability and the right to have rights -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-225) and index.

Introduction -- Tender organs, narcissism, and identity politics -- Body theory : from social construction to the new realism of the body -- Disability studies and the future of identity politics -- Disability as masquerade -- Disability experience on trial -- A sexual culture for disabled people -- Sex, shame, and disability identity : with reference to Mark O'Brien -- Disability and the right to have rights -- Conclusion.

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