Abstract
This first-of-its kind volume spans the breadth of disability research and practice specifically focusing on the global South. Established and emerging scholars alongside advocates adopt a critical and interdisciplinary stance to probe, challenge and shift common held social understandings of disability in established discourses, epistemologies and practices, including those in prominent areas such as global health, disability studies and international development. Motivated by decolonizing approaches, contributors carefully weave the lived and embodied experiences of disabled people, families and communities through contextual, cultural, spatial, racial, economic, identity and geopolitical complexities and heterogeneities.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | U.S. |
Publisher | Springer |
Number of pages | 641 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319424866 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Bibliographical note
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Keywords
- disabilities
- developing countries