Disability and Intersecting Statuses

by Sharon N. Barnartt

Disability can be either an ascribed status or an achieved status and its combination with other statuses will affect the person's social experiences. The term intersectionality has been used most often to discuss the ways in which the dual and simultaneous statuses of 'black' and "female' exist as facets of social structure and culture, interact in both those spheres, and affect individuals in ways which neither one does separately. Little attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783501561
• ISBN13: 9781783501564
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"