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Social Construction of Intellectual Disability.
Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application of discursive psychology to intellectual disability, shows that what we usually understand as being...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Nyack :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application of discursive psychology to intellectual disability, shows that what we usually understand as being an individual problem is actually an interactional, or social, product. Through a range of case studies, which draw upon ethnomethodological and conversation analytic scholarship, the book shows how persons categorized as 'intellectually disabled' are produced, as such, in and through their moment-b. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511212369 0511212364 1107144086 9781107144088 0511214170 9780511214172 0511215967 9780511215964 9780511210594 0511210590 0511489889 9780511489884 0511314949 9780511314940 |