This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies. It offers a comprehensive, book-length analysis of disability through the lens of Science and Technology Studies (STS), and presents a practice-oriented discussion of how bodies, senses and things are linked in everyday life and configure "enabling" and "disabling" scenarios. Relevant to a broad spectrum of medical practitioners and practicing social service workers, the book will also be essential reading in the fields of disability studies, sociology of the body/senses, medical sociology and STS.
| ISBN: | 9780415810548 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2012 |
| Author: | Michael Schillmeier |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 220 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society |
| Genres: |
Disability: social aspects Ergonomics |
This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies. It offers a comprehensive, book-length analysis of disability through the lens of Science and Technology Studies (STS), and presents a practice-oriented discussion of how bodies, senses and things are linked in everyday life and configure "enabling" and "disabling" scenarios. Relevant to a broad spectrum of medical practitioners and practicing social service workers, the book will also be essential reading in the fields of disability studies, sociology of the body/senses, medical sociology and STS.
Rethinking Disability features in the following genres: Disability: social aspects, Ergonomics
Rethinking Disability is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Rethinking Disability was written by Michael Schillmeier and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Rethinking Disability has 220 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society series
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