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Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Between 1991 and 1996, sociologist Terry Williams visited a stretch of underground tunnels beneath New York's Upper West Side, spanning 72nd through 96th Streets. He did this hundreds of times, and then revisited his contacts repeatedly in the years that followed. He interviewed and spent time with them to better understand a unique life on the margins and out of sight. From the anecdotal material, field observations, photographs, transcribed conversations...
Author
Publisher
Pluto Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Beyond simplistic narratives of normativity and difference, this book exposes the very myth of the 'normal' brain as a product of intensified capitalism. Exploring the histories of the neurodiversity and disability movements, Chapman shows how the rise of capitalism created an 'empire of normality' that transformed our understanding of the body into that of a productivity machine. The author contends that neurodivergent liberation is possible - but...
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