Disability Hate Speech: Social, Cultural and Political Contexts (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)

Synopsis

This book, the first to specifically focus on disability hate speech, explains what disability hate speech is, why it is important, what laws regulate it (both online and in person) and how it is different from other forms of hate. Unfortunately, disability is often ignored or overlooked in academic, legal, political, and cultural analyses of the broader problem of hate speech. Its unique personal, ideological, economic, political and legal dimensions have not been recognized – until now. Disability hate speech is an everyday experience for many people, leaving terrible psycho-emotional scars. This book includes personal testimonies from victims discussing the personal impact of disability hate speech, explaining in detail how such hatred affects them. It also presents legal, historical, psychological, and cultural analyses, including the results of the first surveys and in-depth interviews ever conducted on this topic in some countries. This book makes a vital contribution to understanding disability hatred and prejudice, and will be of particular interest to those studying issues associated with hate speech, disability, psychology, law, and prejudice.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780429513916

Related ISBNs:

9780429201813, 9780367193423, 9780367193423

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

11/28/19

Copyrighted By:

Mark Sherry, Terje Olsen, Janikke Solstad Vedeler, John Eriksen

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Mark Sherry

Edited by:

Terje Olsen

Edited by:

Janikke Solstad Vedeler

Edited by:

John Eriksen