The 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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798064906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; A note on the cover illustration; A note on transcription notation; Introduction; 1 A discursive psychological approach; 2 Intellectual disability as diagnostic and social category; 3 The interactional production of 'dispositional' characteristics: or why saying 'yes' to one's interrogators may be smart strategy; 4 Matters of identity; 5 Talk to dogs, infants and...; 6 A deviant case...; 7 Some tentative conclusions; Appendix 1 Current definitions of mental retardation/intellectual disability
- Appendix 2 Frequently asked questions about mental retardation and the AAMR definitionReferences; Index
