Brian Watermeyer

Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative work argues that a psychological framework of disability is an essential part of developing a more cohesive disability movement. Presenting conceptual ideas which describe psychological dynamics confronting disabled people in an exclusionary and prejudiced world, this volume is an important contribution to the literature. It will interest students and researchers of disability studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781138781214
• ISBN-10: 1138781215
• Artikelnr.: 40337113

Autorenporträt

Brian Watermeyer is a clinical psychologist, and a disabled person. During the writing of this book he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Stellenbosch University. He teaches on postgraduate programmes at several South African universities, in disability studies, rehabilitation science, clinical psychology and other health science disciplines.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Cultural Othering and Material Deprivation 2. Theorising
Disability: The Body, Ideology and Society 3. Psychoanalysis and Disability
Studies: An Unlikely Alliance 4. Bioethics, Disability and The Quality of
Life Debate 5. Exploring the Cultural Shaping of Socialization: The
Psychological Positioning of Disabled Lives 6. Oppression, Psychology and
Change: Initial Conceptual Reflections 7. Conceptualising the Psychological
Predicaments of Disablism: Disability, Silence and Trauma 8. Disability and
the Distortion of Personal and Psychic Boundaries 9. Disability and Loss
10. Concluding Reflections