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| Title: | Mind And Body Spaces Geographies Of Illness, Impairment And Disability. |
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| Database Name: | Electronic Books |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ruth Butler; Hester Parr |
| ISBN: | 9780203979662 (electronic bk.); 0203979664 (electronic bk.); 0415179025 (hbk.); 9780415179027 (hbk.); 0415179033 (pbk.); 9780415179034 (pbk.) |
| Notes: | Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index. Content: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 NEW GEOGRAPHIES OF ILLNESS, IMPAIRMENT AND DISABILITY; 2 THE BODY, DISABILITY AND LE CORBUSIER'S CONCEPTION OF THE RADIANT ENVIRONMENT; 3 THE MORAL TOPOGRAPHY OF INTEMPERANCE; 4 RHETORIC AND PLACE IN THE 'MENTAL DEFICIENCY' ASYLUM; 5 CAN TECHNOLOGY OVERCOME THE DISABLING CITY?; 6 BODY TROUBLES: WOMEN, THE WORKPLACE AND NEGOTIATIONS OF A DISABLED IDENTITY; 7 WORKSPACES: REFIGURING THE DISABILITY-EMPLOYMENT DEBATE; 8 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CHRONIC ILLNESS. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
| Contents: | BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 NEW GEOGRAPHIES OF ILLNESS, IMPAIRMENT AND DISABILITY; 2 THE BODY, DISABILITY AND LE CORBUSIER'S CONCEPTION OF THE RADIANT ENVIRONMENT; 3 THE MORAL TOPOGRAPHY OF INTEMPERANCE; 4 RHETORIC AND PLACE IN THE 'MENTAL DEFICIENCY' ASYLUM; 5 CAN TECHNOLOGY OVERCOME THE DISABLING CITY?; 6 BODY TROUBLES: WOMEN, THE WORKPLACE AND NEGOTIATIONS OF A DISABLED IDENTITY; 7 WORKSPACES: REFIGURING THE DISABILITY-EMPLOYMENT DEBATE; 8 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CHRONIC ILLNESS. |
| Genre/Form: | Electronic books. |
| Year: | 1999. |
| Publisher: | Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., |
| Class Descriptors: | LC Class No.: HV1568.M58 1999 HV1568.M58 1999eb; Dewey No.: 306.461 362.4 |
| Series: | Critical geographies ;; Number: 1; Variation: Critical geographies ; 1. |
| OCLC No.: | 475953061 |
Abstract:
Mind and Body Spaces highlights new international research from Britain, USA, Canada and Australia on bodily impairment, mental health and disabling social worlds.
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