Civil Disabilities

Citizenship, Membership, and Belonging

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ID19905293
EditorsNancy J Hirschmann (0000-0002-6189-4509), Beth Linker
Year2015
Pages320
Publication date2015-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCivil Disabilities (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.9783/9780812290530
OpenAlexW578767316
ISBN9780812290530
Open LibraryOL33519337M
LanguageEN
Citations received17

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 international organizations have attempted to guard against discrimination and secure basic human rights for those whose lives are affected by disability. Yet despite such attempts many disabled persons in the United States and throughout the world still face exclusion from full citizenship and membership in their respective societies. They are regularly denied employment, housing, health care, access to buildings, and the right to move freely in public spaces. At base, such discrimination reflects a tacit yet pervasive assumption that disabled persons do not belong in society. Civil Disabilities challenges such norms and practices, urging a reconceptualization of disability and citizenship to secure a rightful place for disabled persons in society. Essays from leading scholars in a diversity of fields offer critical perspectives on current citizenship studies, which still largely assume an ableist world. Placing historians in conversation with anthropologists, sociologists with literary critics, and musicologists with political scientists, this interdisciplinary volume presents a compelling case for reimagining citizenship that is more consistent, inclusive, and just, in both theory and practice. By placing disability front and center in academic and civic discourse, Civil Disabilities tests the very notion of citizenship and transforms our understanding of disability and belonging. Contributors: Emily Abel, Douglas C. Baynton, Susan Burch, Allison C. Carey, Faye Ginsburg, Nancy J. Hirschmann, Hannah Joyner, Catherine Kudlick, Beth Linker, Alex Lubet, Rayna Rapp, Susan Schweik, Tobin Siebers, Lorella Terzi

Political science · Canadian Identity and History · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography · Citizenship · Civil rights · Discrimination against people with disabilities · People with disabilities, civil rights · People with disabilities, legal status, laws, etc · Sociology · united states

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