Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body by Lennard J. Davis

Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body

Lennard J. Davis

232 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In this highly original study of the cultural assumptions governing our conception of people with disabilities, Lennard J. Davis argues forcefully against 'ableist' discourse and for a complete recasting of the category of disability itself. Enfor...

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reflective 66%
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