Disability As a Social Construct
ISBN-10: 0812281349
ISBN-13: 9780812281347
$49.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Published on
Oct 29, 1988
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.00x0.50x9.00 Inches
Weight
0.91 Pounds
About the Book
Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.