Alison Sheldon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6589294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Sheldon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheldon |
| SIGNATURE | SHELDON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Talking about The Shape of Water
This article is about a film called The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, which was released in 2017 and won the Best Picture award at the 2018 Oscars. The three authors of this article, all friends, had each enjoyed The Shape of Water, so went for a second viewing together. Our enjoyment had been somewhat at odds with criticisms of the film, mostly made by other members of the disabled people’s community/disabled academics. After seeing the …
Disability, politics and poverty in a majority world context
This paper argues that the spread of free market economics throughout the world has generated unprecedented inequalities within and between nation states. This has led to the systematic exclusion of people with perceived impairments from the mainstream of economic and community life in almost all societies, the generation of an international disabled people’s movement, and their demand for legal frameworks with which to address the multiple depri…
Recession, radicalism and the road to recovery
If, as many theorists have suggested, disability is intimately related to the economy, then we can expect that the current recession will have an impact on the way that disability is both experienced and conceptualised. Here some of the likely impacts of the economic downturn will be outlined and ways in which disability activists and academics might best address themselves to the situation considered
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Disability Rights and Wrongs Tom Shakespeare, 2006 London, Routledge £19.99 (pbk), 232 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐415‐34719‐8 Disability Rights and Wrongs appears to launch an attack on British disability stud
Personal and Perplexing
Like the women's movement before it, the disability movement is now experiencing internal debates about issues of commonality and difference. Recent critiques of the social model of disability have advocated a move towards a so-called feminist emphasis on the individual experiences of disability and impairment. This paper argues that such an approach represents a very narrow view of feminism and its potential contribution to disability theory. It…
Disability, politics and poverty in a majority world context
This paper argues that the spread of free market economics throughout the world has generated unprecedented inequalities within and between nation states. This has led to the systematic exclusion of people with perceived impairments from the mainstream of economic and community life in almost all societies, the generation of an international disabled people’s movement, and their demand for legal frameworks with which to address the multiple depri…
Personal and Perplexing
Like the women's movement before it, the disability movement is now experiencing internal debates about issues of commonality and difference. Recent critiques of the social model of disability have advocated a move towards a so-called feminist emphasis on the individual experiences of disability and impairment. This paper argues that such an approach represents a very narrow view of feminism and its potential contribution to disability theory. It…
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Disability Rights and Wrongs Tom Shakespeare, 2006 London, Routledge £19.99 (pbk), 232 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐415‐34719‐8 Disability Rights and Wrongs appears to launch an attack on British disability stud
Recession, radicalism and the road to recovery
If, as many theorists have suggested, disability is intimately related to the economy, then we can expect that the current recession will have an impact on the way that disability is both experienced and conceptualised. Here some of the likely impacts of the economic downturn will be outlined and ways in which disability activists and academics might best address themselves to the situation considered
Personal and Perplexing
Like the women's movement before it, the disability movement is now experiencing internal debates about issues of commonality and difference. Recent critiques of the social model of disability have advocated a move towards a so-called feminist emphasis on the individual experiences of disability and impairment. This paper argues that such an approach represents a very narrow view of feminism and its potential contribution to disability theory. It…
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Disability Rights and Wrongs Tom Shakespeare, 2006 London, Routledge £19.99 (pbk), 232 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐415‐34719‐8 Disability Rights and Wrongs appears to launch an attack on British disability stud
Recession, radicalism and the road to recovery
If, as many theorists have suggested, disability is intimately related to the economy, then we can expect that the current recession will have an impact on the way that disability is both experienced and conceptualised. Here some of the likely impacts of the economic downturn will be outlined and ways in which disability activists and academics might best address themselves to the situation considered
Disability, politics and poverty in a majority world context
This paper argues that the spread of free market economics throughout the world has generated unprecedented inequalities within and between nation states. This has led to the systematic exclusion of people with perceived impairments from the mainstream of economic and community life in almost all societies, the generation of an international disabled people’s movement, and their demand for legal frameworks with which to address the multiple depri…
Talking about The Shape of Water
This article is about a film called The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, which was released in 2017 and won the Best Picture award at the 2018 Oscars. The three authors of this article, all friends, had each enjoyed The Shape of Water, so went for a second viewing together. Our enjoyment had been somewhat at odds with criticisms of the film, mostly made by other members of the disabled people’s community/disabled academics. After seeing the …
Political science (5 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (3 works)