Hi
With the usual apologies for cross-posting...
I am about to start work on an edited book (with an international
publisher) looking at various aspects of disability and the lifecourse
- theoretical, practical and personal. The collection of chapters will
be inter-disciplinary, international and presented in a style which is
accessible to a wide audience -short chapters, clear language and
summary discussion points.
The book will include chapters on both the social construction and the
lived experience of disability, with an emphasis on disabling barriers,
social policies and enabling environments at various points of
lifecourse transition. There will be a majority of disabled authors and
a balance of men and women. Some writers will be prominent in the field
and some will be new to published work. I am particularly keen to draw
on writers from a number of countries and cultures. I am also
conscious that black writers and people with learning difficulties have
been under-represented as published authors within disability studies.
So, if you think you can write 4,000-5,000 words before December 1999
(on your own or with someone else) then I would like to hear from
you. Suggested topics include...
...how easy is it for disabled people to get born in the first place?,
early childhood issues, school, youth culture, 'training' for what?,
what is an independent adulthood anyway?, becoming a parent, becoming
older, are very old people with impairments disabled?, exposing
euthanasia and killing, arguments about the 'value' or 'quality' of
disabled lives, celebrations of disabled lives, personal life
stories...
Themes within the book will include the influence of time and place on
disabled lives, transitions and events at different points of
lifecourse development, linked lives and interdependency, agency and
choice.
At this stage, I would like expressions of interest for specific
chapters.
Please provide by the end of May a provisional title, a brief outline
of what might be included (not more than 150 words) and one question
for prospective readers to think about. Please also include a brief
note about yourself. I will then work with the publisher in June to
determine the most suitable combination of chapters.
We will ask chosen contributors to develop their abstracts in July and
to write their draft chapters before the end of December -
final revisions by April 2000.
Thanks.
Best Wishes
Mark Priestley
Disability Research Unit
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT
UK
Tel: +44 113 2334417/2334418
Fax: +44 113 2334415
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/dru/dru.htm
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