Academic Ableism : Disability and Higher Education /

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...

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Huvudupphov: Dolmage, Jay (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Serie:Corporealities.
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Sammanfattning: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.
Beskrivning:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource (254 pages): illustrations (some color).
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
ISBN:9780472900725
Tillgång:Open Access