Wounded/monstrous/abject: A critique of the disabled body in the sociological imaginary

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Hughes, Bill ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abject; Body; Disability; Impairment; Monstrous; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949097462     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590902876144     Document Type: Article

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