Handbook of Disability Studies

by Gary L. Albrecht (Editor), Katherine Delores Seelman (Editor)

This path-breaking Handbook of Disability Studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines. The Handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability

Genres: Disability, Disability Studies

864 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2001

Reviews

[Emprentiss]

very interesting but too heavy to read on the subway!

[Zach]

I only read parts of this but the parts of it I read were great.