Mind and Body Spaces: Geographies of Illness, Impairment and DisabilityRuth Butler, Hester Parr Mind and Body Spaces highlights new international research from Britain, USA, Canada and Australia, on bodily impairment, mental health and disabled peoples social worlds. The contributors discuss a variety of current issues including: * historical conceptions of the body and behaviour * contemporary political activism * matters of identity and employment * accessible housing * parenthood and child carers * psychiatric medication use * masculinity and sexuality * autobiography * social exclusion and inclusion. The contributors are: Hester Parr, Ruth Butler, Rob Imrie, Michael L. Dorn, Deborah Carter Park, John Radford, Brendan Gleeson, Isabel Dyck, Edward Hall, Pamela Moss, Gill Valentine, Christine Milligan, Flora Gathorne-Hardy, Jane Stables, Fiona Smith and Vera Chouinard. |
Contents
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2 THE BODY DISABILITY AND LE CORBUSIERS CONCEPTION OF THE RADIANT ENVIRONMENT | 25 |
3 THE MORAL TOPOGRAPHY OF INTEMPERANCE | 45 |
4 RHETORIC AND PLACE IN THE MENTAL DEFICIENCY ASYLUM | 69 |
5 CAN TECHNOLOGY OVERCOME THE DISABLING CITY? | 97 |
WOMEN THE WORKPLACE AND NEGOTIATIONS OF A DISABLED IDENTITY | 117 |
REFIGURING THE DISABILITYEMPLOYMENT DEBATE | 135 |
8 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CHRONIC ILLNESS | 151 |
9 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN THE BODY MASCULINITIES DISABILITY | 163 |
INTERPRETING DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES OF MENTAL HEALTH | 177 |
11 DOUBLE THE TROUBLE OR TWICE THE FUN? DISABLED BODIES IN THE GAY COMMUNITY | 199 |
A GEOGRAPHY OF MENTAL ILLHEALTH IN A RURAL ENVIRONMENT | 217 |
SOCIAL JUSTICE DISABILITY AND THE DESIGN OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING | 237 |
NARRATIVES OF DISABLED PARENTS AND YOUNG CARERS | 253 |
DISABLED WOMENS ACTIVISM IN CANADA AND BEYOND | 267 |
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