ISBN:
9781588267801
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (175 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Borderlands of Blindness
DDC:
362.41
Keywords:
Disability studies
;
Blind
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A person may be legally blind, yet not "blind enough" to qualify for social services. Beth Omansky explores the lives of legally blind people to show how society responds to those who don't fit neatly into the disabled/nondisabled binary. Probing the experience of education, rehabilitation, and work, as well as the more intimate spheres of religion, family, and romantic relationships, her frank and theoretically sophisticated portrait of the legally blind experience offers an original insight into our understanding of the social construction of disability.
Abstract:
Intro -- Series page -- Title page -- copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ch1-Introduction -- Purpose of the Book -- Intersections of Postmodernism, Social Constructionism, and Disability Studies -- Characteristics of Postmodernism and Social Constructionism -- Definitions of Blindness -- Conclusion -- Part1-Exploring Borderlands -- ch2-An Insider Approach -- Life Story Research Methods -- An Insider Stance -- Reflexivity -- A Rogerian Approach to the Interview Phase -- Application of Emancipatory Principles -- Trustworthiness and Quality -- Data Coding and Analysis Methods -- Conclusion -- ch3-Prejudice and Poverty -- Understanding Ocularcentrism -- Materialism and Disability -- Ocularcentrism and the Medical Model -- Medicine, Poverty, and Public Policy -- Conclusion -- ch4-Living Stories: In Their Own Words -- Overview of Life Story Research Styles -- Larry -- Catherine -- J. R. -- Beth -- Conclusion -- Part 2-Borderlands in aPolitical Economy -- ch5-Education -- Historical Background -- What to Do with This Child: The Dilemma of Legal Blindness in Public Education -- Conclusion -- ch6-The Perils of Rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation in Theory -- Rehabilitation in Practice -- Inconsistency and Quality in Service Provision -- Who Chooses What? Power Struggles in Rehabilitation Service Provision -- Blind People Are Not Cookies -- Conclusion -- ch7-Work -- The Government as Employer and Customer: Vending Stands and Sheltered Workshops -- Taking Advantage -- Larry Lets His Career Go -- J. R. Experiences Insidious Employment Discrimination -- My Career Decline: From Politics to Poverty -- Conclusion -- Part3-Social Life Outside, Inside, and Across Borders -- ch8-Constructing Blindness -- Misapprehensions About Sightedness and Blindness: The Medical Model Approach -- Hazards of Blindness Metaphor -- Media Images of Blindness.
Description / Table of Contents:
Series page; Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ch1-Introduction; Purpose of the Book; Intersections of Postmodernism, Social Constructionism, and Disability Studies; Characteristics of Postmodernism and Social Constructionism; Definitions of Blindness; Conclusion; Part1-Exploring Borderlands; ch2-An Insider Approach; Life Story Research Methods; An Insider Stance; Reflexivity; A Rogerian Approach to the Interview Phase; Application of Emancipatory Principles; Trustworthiness and Quality; Data Coding and Analysis Methods; Conclusion; ch3-Prejudice and Poverty
Description / Table of Contents:
Understanding OcularcentrismMaterialism and Disability; Ocularcentrism and the Medical Model; Medicine, Poverty, and Public Policy; Conclusion; ch4-Living Stories: In Their Own Words; Overview of Life Story Research Styles; Larry; Catherine; J. R.; Beth; Conclusion; Part 2-Borderlands in aPolitical Economy; ch5-Education; Historical Background; What to Do with This Child: The Dilemma of Legal Blindness in Public Education; Conclusion; ch6-The Perils of Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation in Theory; Rehabilitation in Practice; Inconsistency and Quality in Service Provision
Description / Table of Contents:
Who Chooses What? Power Struggles in Rehabilitation Service ProvisionBlind People Are Not Cookies; Conclusion; ch7-Work; The Government as Employer and Customer: Vending Stands and Sheltered Workshops; Taking Advantage; Larry Lets His Career Go; J. R. Experiences Insidious Employment Discrimination; My Career Decline: From Politics to Poverty; Conclusion; Part3-Social Life Outside, Inside, and Across Borders; ch8-Constructing Blindness; Misapprehensions About Sightedness and Blindness: The Medical Model Approach; Hazards of Blindness Metaphor; Media Images of Blindness
Description / Table of Contents:
The Use of Blindness in Religious ContextsSocial Barriers; Conclusion; ch9-Being Blind: From the Inside Out; An Existential Phenomenological Approach; Simulating Blindness; "It's All How You Look at It"; Shared Stories of Blindness: Embodied Experiences; Memory: An Integral Aspect of the Blindness Experience; Organization Saves the Day; Just Goes with the Territory: Physical Pain; Personal Safety; The Phenomenology of the White Cane User; Conclusion; ch10-Identity; I Can See Clearly Now: Passing as Sighted; Personal Costs of Passing or Coming Out; The Superhero; Conclusion; Part4-Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
ch11-Intersections Along the BorderEveryday Life in the Borderland; Theoretical Framework; The Borderland and Ocularcentrism; Building Bridges Across Social Models of Disability in the United States and UK; Insider Research; Conclusion; ch12-Epilogue; Larry; Catherine; J. R.; Beth; Bibliography; Index; About the Book
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