Rethinking Disability in India

• Author(s): Anita Ghai,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 392
• ISBN_10: 1317559843
  ISBN_13: 9781317559849
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / People with Disabilities , Psychology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Psychology / Movements / General , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity ,

Description:... Moving away from clinical, medical or therapeutic perspectives on disability, this book explores disability in India as a social, cultural and political phenomenon, arguing that this `difference' should be accepted as a part of social diversity. It further interrogates the multiple issues of identification of the disabled and the forms of oppressio