Beschreibung:
Drawing upon intersectionality theory, it explores a range of issues regarding everyday experiences of disability in relation to gender, religion, social experiences, India's neoliberal economy, and the built environment.
Part I: Building theory- 1. Introduction- Sandhya Limaye and Misa Kayama Part II: Reflections of the Experiences of Disability: Emergent Disability Studies Scholarship- 2. Rights or Rehabilitation? Ways of Institutionalizing Disability Studies in India- Nilika Mehrotra 3. Disability, Gender, and the Trajectories of Identity in India- Asha Hans 4. Deaf Education in India: From the Lens of an Academician- Varsha Gathoo 5. Being Whole: Synthesising Identity, Spirituality and Disability- Srilatha Juvva and Prerana Sharma 6. Embodiment, Identity and Design for Disability- Shilpa Das Part III: Reflections of the Experiences of Disability: Disability and Diversity in Practice 7. Little People: Bodily Frustrations and cultural stigma- Nandini Ghosh 8. 'Transitioning self': Psychiatric Diagnosis and its impact- Mahima Nayar 9. Employees with disabilities at workplace: Voice of Persons with disabilities- Mohita 10. Living with Disability: Experiences of Women with Disabilities from Odisha- Sankalpa Satpathy 11. Lived experiences of persons with learning disabilities: Journey from stigmatization to acceptance- Deepali Kapoor Part IV: Personal Narratives- 12. Becoming a Disabled, Multi-lingual, Colonized, Indian Researcher: Dilemmas of Researching Disability and Inclusive Education- Tanushree Sarkar 13. Unsettling Neuro-Queerness: Exploring the Relationships Between Mental Disabilities and Queerness Beyond Intersectionality- Suchaita Tenneti 14. Overcoming the Barriers: Challenging the Challenge- Amitabh Mehrotra Part V: Conclusion- 15. Bourdieu's Field, Habitus, Cultural Contestation, and Disability Studies: Concluding Thoughts on Disability and Diversity in India - Christopher Johnstone