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Making and unmaking disability : the three-body approach / Julie E. Maybee.

by Maybee, Julie E., 1965- author

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Lantham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Sociology of disability.

Disability studies.

9781538127728 (hardcover)

1538127725 (hardcover)

Explorations in contemporary social-political philosophy (ECSPP)

xv, 245 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Introduction and theoretical overview -- 1. Disability and capitalism -- 2. A new structure of attitudes: normalcy, eugenics, the ugly laws and segregation -- 3. The experience of the socially defined body -- 4. The socially defined body in society -- 5. The socially constructed body in biology -- 6. Beyond individual accommodation -- 7. Diversifying access, remaking worlds -- Conclusion.

In this brave new theoretical approach to human physicality, Julie E. Maybee traces societal constructions of disability and impairment through Western history along three dimensions of embodiment: the personal body, the interpersonal body, and the institutional body. Each dimension has played a part in defining people as disabled and impaired in terms of employment, healthcare, education, and social and political roles. Because impairment and disability have been constructed along all three of these bodies, unmaking disability and making the future accessible will require restructuring Western institutions, including capitalism, changing how social roles are assigned, and transforming our deepest beliefs about impairment and disability to reconstruct people as capable. Ultimately, Maybee suggests, unmaking disability will require remaking our world--back cover.

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