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1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) |
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Non-aggregator electronic books |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Theorising ableism in academia -- 1. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge: Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures -- 2. I am not disabled: Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves -- 3. Disclosure in academia: A sensitive issue -- 4. Fibromyalgia and me -- 5. A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education |
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6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy -- 7. 'But you don't look disabled': Non-visible disabilities, disclosure and being an 'insider' in disability research and 'other' in the disability movement and academia -- 8. Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity -- 9. Imposter -- 10. Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal -- 11. From the personal to the political: Ableism, activism and academia -- 12. The violence of technicism: Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment -- 13. A little bit extra -- Concluding thoughts: Moving forward -- Afterword -- Index |
| Summary |
Ableism in Academia provides an interdisciplinary outlook on the subject of ableism by theorising and conceptualising what it means to be outside the stereotypical norm as a worker in higher education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Access requirements: Web browser, internet access, PDF reader. NRRI |
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College students with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Discrimination against people with disabilities.
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Sociology of disability.
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Universities and colleges -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc
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College students with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities.
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Sociology of disability.
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Universities and colleges -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Livres numériques.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Nicole, editor.
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Leigh, Jennifer, editor.
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| ISBN |
1787354970 |
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1787355004 |
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1787355012 |
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9781787354975 |
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9781787355002 |
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9781787355019 |
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