Understanding Disability by Ranu Uniyal, Fatima Rizvi - 9789819949274

Understanding DisabilityInterdisciplinary Critical Approaches\nAuthor(s): Ranu Uniyal, Fatima Rizvi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore\nImprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore\nISBN-13: 9789819949274, 978-9819949274\nSynopsis\nThis edited volume brings together contributions on disability studies organized around two themes: literary and sociological aspects. The contributors include academics, disability activists, and researchers from within and outside the Indian periphery. While the book strengthens the disability discourse and contributes to building academic scholarship on this subject, it also promotes disability activism by giving space to both direct practitioners and persons with disabilities. The chapters discuss various analytical and literary aspects of the marginalization experienced by the disabled community and bring forth new and elaborate perspectives. It draws connections across multiple identities and includes personal narratives acro.