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Editorial Reviews. Review. "The strength of Longmore's work [is] in remembering the ongoing marginalization of millions. Longmore challenges and disrupts. Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability (American Subjects) [Paul K. Longmore] on bahana-line.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
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Urges us to establish disability as a category of social, political, and historical analysis in much the same way that race, gender, and class already have been. Paul K Longmore Publisher: Advanced Search Find a Library. Furthermore, he offers an alternative in writing the study of disability as social history Understanding disability as a major variety of human experience, he urges us to establish it as a category of social, political, and historical analysis in much the same way that race, gender, and class already have been. User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
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Medical decision making and people with disabilities: Princeton and Peter Singer -- Why I burned my book. Longmore tries to cast new light on the way society sees people with disabilities. They are examining the role of such factors as public policies, architectural design and cultural values," said the professor.
They are asserting that disability is comparable to race, gender and class. The title of his new book comes from a symbolic act in front of the Social Security Administration's offices in Los Angeles in Longmore, who faced the loss of federally funded health insurance if he earned even modest royalties from his book on George Washington, lit a match to that book to protest "work disincentives.
Through his essays in the book, the scholar looks at the issue of disability from several perspectives. For example, Longmore tells the story of noted turn-of-the-century essayist Randolph Bourne and his life as a physically disabled intellectual. Longmore examines activism in the disability rights movement. He weighs in on stereotypical images of people with disabilities in movies and TV.
Longmore writes about the ethics of assisted suicide.