The Minority Body
A Theory of Disability
Studies in Feminist Philosophy
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 224
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Studies in Feminist Philosophy
- EAN: 9780198822417
- Utgivelsesår: 2018
- Bidragsyter: Barnes, Elizabeth (University of Virginia)
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Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon-a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. To be physically disabled is not to have a defective body, but simply to have a minority body.