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Corporealities |
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Corporealities.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Steep steps -- The retrofit -- Imaginary college students -- Universal design -- Disability on campus, on film: framing the failures of higher education -- Commencement. |
Summary |
"Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved. The ethic of higher education encourages students and teachers alike to accentuate ability, valorize perfection, and stigmatize anything that hints at intellectual, mental, or physical weakness, even as we gesture toward the value of diversity and innovation. Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, Dolmage argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all"--Back cover |
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Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2020. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Open Access EbpS |
Subject |
Gosset, William Sealy
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Discrimination in higher education.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects.
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College buildings -- Barrier-free design.
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People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
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College students with disabilities.
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Sociology of disability.
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Students with disabilities.
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Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur.
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Discrimination à l'égard des personnes handicapées.
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Étudiants handicapés.
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Handicap -- Aspect sociologique.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Physical Impairments.
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Students with disabilities
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College buildings -- Barrier-free design
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College students with disabilities
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Discrimination against people with disabilities
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Discrimination in higher education
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People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
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Sociology of disability
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Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects
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Behinderung
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Hochschule
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Barrierefreiheit
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USA
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Other Form: |
Print version: Academic ableism. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017] 9780472073719 (DLC) 2017277434 |
ISBN |
0472123416 (e-book) |
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9780472123414 (e-book) |
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9780472900725 (electronic bk.) |
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0472900722 (electronic bk.) |
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047205371X (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0472073710 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780472053711 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780472073719 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000062554699 |