Identity Construction and Illness Narratives in Persons with Disabilities (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)

Synopsis

This book investigates how being diagnosed with various disabilities impacts on identity. Once diagnosed with a disability, there is a risk that this label can become the primary status both for the person diagnosed as well as for their family. This reification of the diagnosis can be oppressive because it subjugates humanity in such a way that everything a person does can be interpreted as linked to their disability. Drawing on narrative approaches to identity in psychology and social sciences, the bio-psycho-social model and a holistic approach to disabilities, the chapters in this book understand disability as constructed in discourse, as negotiated among speaking subjects in social contexts, and as emergent. By doing so, they amplify voices that may have otherwise remained silent and use storytelling as a way of communicating the participants' realities to provide a more in-depth understanding of their point of view. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, medical humanities, disability research methods, narrative theory, and rehabilitation studies.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

144 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000171624

Related ISBNs:

9781003021612, 9780367539030, 9780367898717, 9780367898717, 9780367539030

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/01/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Chalotte Glintborg and Manuel L. de la Mata

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Social Studies, Medicine, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Chalotte Glintborg

Edited by:

Manuel L. de la Mata