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- Ableism in Academia: Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: University College London
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summary
Rather than
embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic ecosystems
seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a researcher.
As a consequence, ableism in academia is endemic. However, to date no attempt
has been made to theorise experiences of ableism in academia. Ableism in Academia provides an interdisciplinary outlook
on ableism that is currently missing. Through reporting research data and
exploring personal experiences, the contributors theorise and conceptualise
what it means to be/work outside the stereotypical norm. The volume brings together
a range of perspectives, including feminism, post-structuralism, crip theory and disability theory, and draws on the width and breadth of a number of related disciplines. Contributors use
technicism, leadership, social justice theories and theories of embodiment to
raise awareness and increase understanding of the marginalised
– that is, those
academics who are not perfect. These theories are placed in the context of neoliberal
academia, which is distant from the privileged and romanticised versions that
exist in the public and internalised imaginations of academics, and used to
interrogate aspects of identity, aspects of how disability is performed, and to
argue that ableism is not just a disability issue.
This timely collection
of chapters will be of interest to researchers in Disability Studies, Higher Education
Studies and Sociology, and to those researching the relationship between theory
and personal experience across the Social Sciences.
Table of Contents
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- Half-Title Page
- pp. i-ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- p. v
- List of figures and tables
- p. viii
- List of contributors
- pp. ix-xiii
- 4. Fibromyalgia and me
- pp. 74-75
- 6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy
- pp. 103-123
- 9. Imposter
- pp. 161-163
- 13. A little bit extra
- p. 225
- Concluding thoughts: Moving forward
- pp. 226-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9781787354975
Related ISBN(s)
9781787354982
MARC Record
OCLC
1198373760
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-19
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY