Disability as a Social Construct

Autori

• Claire H Liachowitz

Parametri

• Diritto
• Letteratura giuridica
• Scienze sociali

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Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct , Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1988

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