I do wonder, though, why disability is not even in the sub-title?! Are they
worried about a diminished readership, I wonder? I ask because I've just
come back from a conference where there was a disability stream (poorly
attended) and another stream where there was a disability paper which did
not mention disability in the title or abstract (well attended). On talking
to the author of this paper, it turned out that this was deliberate - to
get people to listen. Has anyone else tried this strategy and what do you
think of it?
Another question. When we get situations like this in publishing,
conferences and other 'academic' activities, where are the activists? Some
of us have been talking about asking disability activists to picket
'academic' conferences that should be addressing disability but don't. Is
this a way to begin to change 'academic' cultures and to challenge academic
elitism?
Best
Mairian
>
>However, I am happy to report that, as a result of passing on the knowledge
>which I gained doing disability studies, a second edition of a sociology
>textbook on the social construction of identity includes disability as a
>master status (it was not in the first edition). Although the subtitle does
>not state disabilty in its list, it is addressed in most sections of the
>text. And the authors have assured me that the third edition will include
>disability on the cover alongside race, sex, gender, etc. The book was just
>published this month. It is:
>Rosenblum, K. & Travis, T. M. (1999). The Meaning of Difference: American
>Constructions of Race, Gender, Sex and Sexual Orientation. New York:
>McGraw-Hill.
>
>Thank you for raising the issue, Jerry. This is an excellent topic for the
>upcoming SDS dialogue on academia and activism. I would like to participate
>in a panel which addresses this topic -- one in which we can relate our
>personal experiences about how we put theory into practice on the college
>campus. If anyone is interested in joining me on such a panel, please E-mail
>me off-list.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Beth
>
>Beth Omansky Gordon
>The George Washington University and
>George Mason University
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Mairian Corker
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Department of Education Studies
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