Ableist Rhetoric: How We Know, Value, and See Disability University of Illinois Press The result is both an

The result is both an indictment of official spin and an urgent call to action that questions why the mainstream press failed to challenge the Bush administration's arguments for an invasion of Iraq or to illuminate administration policies underlying the Abu Ghraib controversy

" - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

and evolutionary theorists--including Richard Dawkins

asking what happens when exhibition operates as a mode of research in its own right

ISBN-13: 9780062436863

Ableist Rhetoric: How We Know, Value, and See Disability University of Illinois Press The result is both anAbleism, a form of discrimination that elevates "able" bodies over those perceived as less capable, remains one of the most widespread areas of systematic and explicit discrimination in Western culture. Yet in contrast to the substantial body of scholarly work on racism, sexism, classism, and heterosexism, ableism remains undertheorized and underexposed. In this book, James L. Cherney takes a rhetorical approach to the study of ableism to reveal how