Book chapter
A deviant case...
The social construction of intellectual disability, pp.181-195
Cambridge University Press
2004
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title
- A deviant case...
- Authors/Creators
- M. Rapley (Author/Creator)A. McHoul (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- M. Rapley (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The social construction of intellectual disability, pp.181-195
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- Identifiers
- 991005541862707891
- Copyright
- 2004 Mark Rapley
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Media, Communication and Culture
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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