Disability and Culture

Disability and Culture
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-13 : 0520083628
ISBN-10 : 9780520083622
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Book Synopsis Disability and Culture by : Benedicte Ingstad

Download or read book Disability and Culture written by Benedicte Ingstad and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-02-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays both reframes disability in terms of social processes and offers a global, multicultural perspective on the subject. It explores the significance of mental, sensory and motor impairments in light of fundamental, culturally determined assumptions about humanity.


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