The Social Construction of Intellectual Disability

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

Intellectual disability is usually thought of as a form of internal, individual affliction, little different from diabetes, paralysis or chronic illness. This study, the first book-length application of discursive psychology to intellectual disability, shows that what we usually understand as being an individual problem is actually an interactional, or social, product. Through a range of case studies, which draw upon ethnomethodological and conversation analytic scholarship, the book shows how persons categorized as 'intellectually disabled' are produced, as such, in and through their moment-by-moment interaction with care staff and other professionals. Mark Rapley extends and reformulates current work in disability studies and offers a reconceptualisation of intellectual disability as both a professionally ascribed diagnostic category and an accomplished - and contested - social identity. Importantly, the book is grounded in data drawn from naturally-occurring, rather than professionally orchestrated, social interaction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-06-10
Mått:151 x 228 x 16 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521005296

Utforska kategorier

Psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Mark Rapley is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Murdoch University. His work applies discursive psychology to questions of power, in particular the interactional and rhetorical production of persons with intellectual disabilities, the 'mentally ill' and Aboriginal Australians. His most recent books are Quality of Life Research: A Critical Introduction (2003) and, with Susan Hansen and Alex McHoul, Beyond Help: A Consumer's Guide to Psychology (2003).

Recensioner i media

'The book presents a timely challenge to our profession. Mark Rapley's writing just gets better: make sure you get the chance to learn from him.' Clinical Psychology

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements; A note on the cover; A note on transcription notation; Introduction; 1. A discursive psychological approach; 2. Intellectual disability as diagnostic and social category; 3. The interactional production of 'dispositional' characteristics: or why saying 'yes' to one's interrogators may be a smart strategy; 4. Matters of identity; 5. Talk to dogs, infants and...; 6. A deviant case (co-written with Alec McHoul); 7. Some tentative conclusions; Appendices.