Disability, Culture and Identity

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
The social model of disability and culture......Page 17
What is culture?......Page 20
Culture and disability......Page 21
Disability and identity......Page 24
Structure and content of the book......Page 26
Conclusion......Page 30
References......Page 31
CHAPTER TWO A culture of participation?......Page 34
‘Dependent children’......Page 36
‘Troubled adolescents’......Page 38
‘Needy disabled people’......Page 39
Defined as ‘the other’?......Page 40
Is it possible to have a culture of participation?......Page 44
References......Page 45
Introduction......Page 49
The importance of interaction: reclaiming social interaction......Page 50
Prejudice......Page 53
The daily experience of oppression......Page 54
Oppression as patronage and the denial of agency......Page 56
Oppression as the product of charity......Page 59
Becoming the centre of attention......Page 60
Engaging with non-disabled people......Page 62
Oppression as ignorance......Page 63
Conclusion......Page 64
References......Page 66
Thinking about disability and old age......Page 68
Talking about older disabled people......Page 71
Preoccupations with the body and physical function......Page 72
Biography and identity......Page 76
Older disabled people, same or different?......Page 78
References......Page 79
Introduction......Page 82
Challenging a ‘spoiled identity’......Page 83
Patient......Page 84
User......Page 86
Survivor......Page 87
Member......Page 89
Madperson......Page 90
Towards a mental health identity?......Page 91
A positive identity?......Page 92
A permanent identity?......Page 93
A shared identity?......Page 94
Rethinking identity?......Page 95
Conclusion: the limits of difference......Page 99
References......Page 101
Introduction......Page 103
Deaf studies: the structural penetration of culture......Page 104
Disability studies: the cultural penetration of structure......Page 109
Conclusion......Page 114
References......Page 116
Introduction......Page 120
Disabling and disability cultures......Page 121
Researching self-advocacy......Page 123
Embracing cultures and resilient identities......Page 124
Resilience in the family......Page 126
Identity formation and institutionalisation......Page 129
Disabled identities and self-advocacy culture......Page 134
Self-advocacy and the disability movement......Page 137
Conclusion......Page 141
References......Page 143
The development of Disability Art in the UK......Page 146
State sponsorship of Disability Art......Page 149
The domestication of Disability Art and Disability Artists......Page 153
References......Page 156
Introduction......Page 158
Media, power and disability......Page 160
Inclusion, exclusion and mainstreaming......Page 161
Rights, citizenship and consumerism......Page 162
Production issues......Page 163
Content......Page 170
Conclusion......Page 173
References......Page 174
Disability and ethnicity......Page 176
The study......Page 177
Negotiating identities......Page 179
The meaning of disability for parents......Page 180
Young people and the family......Page 181
The social meaning of disability......Page 183
Ethnic, cultural and religious identification......Page 184
Religious and cultural identification......Page 186
Discussion......Page 191
References......Page 193
Introduction......Page 195
Critical multiculturalism and the problem of the able body......Page 197
Australia – a diverse settler society in crisis......Page 200
Culture – the dimension of social meanings......Page 201
Disability as a cultural movement......Page 203
Crossover – disability, multiculturalism and reconciliation......Page 206
Population and the popular: disability engages with multiculturalism......Page 208
References......Page 212
Index......Page 215