Sara E. Green (University of South Florida, USA), Sharon N. Barnartt (Gallaudet University, USA)
Current research in Sociology of Disability has a tendency to assume that very little written in this area until the last 20 years. However, this is not always the case. In part the lack of awareness of older writing occurs because of the ease of computerized searching for recent references or a sense that newer is better. It also reflects the assumption that Sociology as a field has ignored either disability as a social phenomenon or treated it solely as a medical phenomenon. While theorists and introductory textbooks have tended and still tend] to ignore disability as a non-medical...
Current research in Sociology of Disability has a tendency to assume that very little written in this area until the last 20 years. However, this is n...
Sara E. Green (University of South Florida, USA), Dr Donileen R. Loseke (University of South Florida, USA)
This volume seeks to answer the call for richer, more diverse understandings of disability through questions about narrative frameworks in disability research.Narrative is a omnipresent meaning-producing communication form in social life that is both cultural and personal.
This volume seeks to answer the call for richer, more diverse understandings of disability through questions about narrative frameworks in disability ...