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| Title: | Nothing about us without us : disability oppression and empowerment / |
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| Database Name: | WorldCat |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James I Charlton |
| ISBN: | 0520207955 (alk. paper); 9780520207950 (alk. paper); 9780520224810 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520224817 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Notes: | Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-194) and index. |
| Description: | xvi, 197 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Nothing About Us Without Us -- 2. The Dimensions of Disability Oppression: An Overview -- 3. Political Economy and the World System -- 4. Culture(s) and Belief Systems -- 5. Consciousness and Alienation -- 6. Observations on Everyday Life -- 7. Empowered Consciousness and the Philosophy of Empowerment -- 8. The Organization of Empowerment -- 9. The Dialectics of Oppression and Empowerment. |
| Responsibility: | James I. Charlton. |
| Year: | c1998. |
| Publisher: | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Standard Numbers: | LCCN: 97001661 |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: HV1568; Dewey No.: 323.3/087 |
| OCLC No.: | 36283870 |
Abstract:
"A study of the global oppression of people with disabilities and the international movement that has recently emerged to resist it ... A theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism."--Jacket.
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