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Disability and Passing : Blurring the Lines of Identity

Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2012

Online-Ressource (217 p)

Englisch

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Passing in the Shadow of FDR: Polio Survivors,Passing, and the Negotiation of Disability; 3 The Multiple Layers of Disability Passing in Life,Literature, and Public Discourse; 4 The Menstrual Masquerade; 5 "I Made Up My Mind to Act Both Deaf and Dumb":Displays of Disability and Slave Resistance in theAntebellum American South; 6 Passing as Sane, or How to Get People toSit Next to You on the Bus; 7 Athlete First: A Note on Passing, Disability, and Sport; 8 The Sociopolitical Contexts of Passing andIntellectual Disability

9 Growing Up to Become Hearing:Dreams of Passing in Oral Deaf EducationContributors; Index

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978-1-4399-0979-9

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978-1-4399-0981-2 ( : 66.33 (NL))

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LOC-SH: Electronic books ; People with disabilities ; Discrimination against people with disabilities ; Sociology of disability ; Group identity

Passing-an act usually associated with disguising race-also relates to disability. Whether a person classified as mentally ill struggles to suppress aberrant behavior to appear ""normal"" or a person falsely claims a disability to gain some advantage, passing is a pervasive and much discussed phenomenon. Nevertheless, Disability and Passing is the first anthology to examine this issue. The editors and contributors to this volume explore the intersections of disability, race, gender, and sexuality as these various aspects of identity influence each other and make id