Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

Dan Goodley

Aug 2012 · SAGE

About this ebook

This introduction to disability studies represents a clear, engaging and consistently thought-provoking study of the field.

The book discusses the global nature of disability studies and disability politics, introduces key debates in the field and represents the intersections of disability studies with feminist, class, queer and postcolonial analyses.

The book has a clear and coherent format which matches the interdisciplinary framework of disability studies - including chapters on sociology, critical psychology, discourse analysis, psychoanalysis and education. Sitting alongside discussions on the global and glocal significance of disability studies these chapters include:

Society: Sociological disability studies

Individuals: De-psychologising disability studies

Psychology: Critical psychological disability studies

Culture: Psychoanalytic disability studies

Education: Inclusive disability studies

Each chapter engages with important areas of analysis such as the individual, society, community and education to explore the realities of oppression experienced by disabled people and to develop the possibilities for addressing it.

Broad, dynamic and interdisciplinary in scope this book will be crucial reading for students, researchers and practitioners alike.

Ratings and reviews

This is an essential book for students, practitioners and academics across the social sciences/humanities & health and social care professions. I found the writing accessible, lively and engaging - as well as being an introductory text the book reaches out in new directions providing a stepping off point for further practice, thought & research. I will be using it in my lectures and it will certainly inform my therapeutic work also. M-HL UK

About the author

Dan Goodley is based at the Research Institute for Health and Social Change and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has has written widely in both qualitative research and disability studies over the years. He's the author of Families with Disabled Children (Palgrave, 2008) and Researching Life Stories Method (Routledge, 2004), the editor of Disability and Psychology (Palgrave, 2005) and Another Disability Studies Reader (Garant, 2005), and has published numerous articles in journals, from the Journal of Cultural and Literary Disability Studies and Disability & Society, to Discourse and International Journal of Social Research Methodology.