Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472051385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 294 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the Author Margaret Price is associate professor of writing at Spelman College
. Margaret Price is associate professor of writing at Spelman College
The author's presentation of her own experience with mental illness is woven throughout the text with candor and eloquence."---Linda Ware, State University of New York at GeneseoMad at School explores the contested boundaries between disability, illness, and mental illness in the setting of U.S. Mad at School is a close study of the ways that mental disabilities impact academic culture. Ultimately, she argues that academic discourse both produces and is produced by a tacitly privileged "able mind," and that U.S. In Mad at School, scholar and disabilities activist Margaret Price asks: How might our education practices change if we understo
Gabriel said Insightful, compassionate, and practical. You should read this book if you want:--highly practical suggestions about how to teach in a way that will be more accessible and effective for students with a wide variety of disabilities, learning styles, and personalities;--insightful analysis that will inspire you to question fundamental assumptions in academia, whatever your field;--compassionate anecdotes about students, teachers, and scholar. a must-read Rebecca Day This book is beautifully written, which is rare for an academic book. It is interesting, well-researched and thoughtful. It is also thought-provoking. I recommend this book to everyone, not just disability scholars or academics.