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What does it mean to live with life-threatening illness? How does one respond to loss? Freud’s Jaw and Other Lost Objects attempts to answer these questions and, as such, illuminates the vulnerabili……続きを見る

Drawing on philosophical reflection, spiritual and religious values, and somatic practice, Spirit and the Obligation of Social Flesh offers guidance for moving amidst the affective dynamics that ani……続きを見る

The debut publication in a new series devoted to the body as an object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive analysis of blindness in eighteenth-century Britain, developing a n……続きを見る

"Doesn't an educated personーsimple and working, sick and with a sick childーdoesn't she have the right to enjoy at least the crumbs at the table of the revolutionary feast?" Disabled single mother ……続きを見る

In this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experienceーthe positive and the negativeーas a mother of a now twenty-one-year-old son with severe autism. Lut……続きを見る

Ambassadors of Social Progress examines the ways in which blind activists from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe entered the postwar international disability movement and shaped its content and it……続きを見る

In Deaf in the USSR**, Claire L. Shaw asks what it meant to be deaf in a culture that was founded on a radically utopian, socialist view of human perfectibility.** Shaw reveals how fundamental contr……続きを見る

This book is about the employment of people with disabilities in the United States and the important role of employer practices. Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they ar……続きを見る

In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour**, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with litt……続きを見る

Qui suis-je ? Une question qui hante, qui bouscule, qui exige une réponse. « Je suis Nikolas, un petit garçon enfermé dans un corps de femme. Abandon, rejet, humiliations, viol, moqueries… Mon histo……続きを見る

An urgent and deeply affecting account of America's failure to provide meaningful support to its chronically ill and disabled citizens and our resulting reliance on the unpaid caregiving labor of sp……続きを見る

The first collection of its kind, Transgender Marxism is a provocative and groundbreaking union of transgender studies and Marxist theory. Exploring trans lives and movements, the authors delve into……続きを見る

Inclusion, disability, an ageing population and tourism are increasingly important areas of study due to their implications for both tourism demand and supply. This book therefore sets out to explor……続きを見る

This volume presents an international selection of invited contributions on policy and best practice in accessible tourism, reflecting current practices across a range of destinations and business s……続きを見る

Emerging Thoughts in Disability and Humanness examines the role of embodied disablement in providing an important but often circumvented analysis of the explicit and implicit nature of the legitimat……続きを見る

This book takes a distinctive approach to exploring the experiences and identities of minoritized Latinx mothers who are raising a child who is labeled as both an emergent bilingual and dis/abled. I……続きを見る

«The authors in this inspiring volume focus on the socially transformative potential narrative has to shape understandings of albinism in Africa. Scholars and activists, they reflect on how traditio……続きを見る

Behinderung ist nicht allein ein Wort, vielmehr ein Mosaik aus individuellen Geschichten, eine Melodie, die in den Variationen des Lebens erklingt. In diesem Sinne gewährt der vorliegende Sammelband……続きを見る

With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men wi……続きを見る

This first US publication of Erez Bitton, one of Israel's most celebrated poets, recalls the fate of Moroccan Jewish culture with poems both evocative and pure. Considered the founding father of Miz……続きを見る

Winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award The Book of Goodbyes speaks to a certain deranged love that throws into question sex, legality, gender-politics, disability, and the end of an affair. The……続きを見る

The Psychology of Blindness and Visual Culture: Towards a New Ecological Model of Visual Impairment advances the debate regarding the inclusion and wellbeing of people with visual impairment (PVI) t……続きを見る

This book enables readers to confidently discuss and understand disability as part of the broader societal conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The influence of mass media can raise awa……続きを見る

An estimated one billion people around the globe live with a disability; this number grows exponentially when family members, friends, and care providers are included. Various countries and internat……続きを見る

How can clothing better serve people with disabilities? Drawing from research and personal interviews from industry representatives and consumers, author Susan Rothman Kolko examines the roles the f……続きを見る

En matière d’autisme, l’errance diagnostique reste un phénomène très fréquent mais aussi très éprouvant pour les personnes concernées et leurs familles. Le diagnostic est devenu depuis le début des ……続きを見る

Speculation around the health of Paul the Apostle has been present since soon after his death. Recently scholars have understood Paul to be disabled but have been wary of isolating precisely what hi……続きを見る

This important book celebrates design ingenuity – acknowledging the significant contributions of disabled individuals and communities to design and making that point that, simply put, inclusive desi……続きを見る

In Vibrant Mosaic, John B. Christiansen examines a variety of topics that are relevant to deaf and hard of hearing people through the lens of a deaf sociologist. The book explores the arts and sport……続きを見る

Disabled people are experts in innovation and adaptation, experts in building networks of support and knowledge sharing, and experts in navigating a world that is not built for them. This expertise ……続きを見る