Undoing Whiteness in Disability Studies

The Special Education System and British South Asian Mothers
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-79575-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 311 g

This book offers a nuanced way to conceptualise South Asian Muslim families’ experiences of disability within the UK. The book adopts an intersectional lens to engage with personal narratives on mothering disabled children, negotiating home-school relationships, and developing familiarity with the complex special education system. The author calls for a re-envisioning of special education and disability studies literature from its currently overwhelmingly White middle-class discourse, to one that espouses multi-ethnic and multi-faith perspectives. The book positions minoritised mothers at the forefront of the home-school relationship, who navigate the UK special education system amidst intersecting social inequalities. The author proposes that schools and both formal and informal institutions reformulate their roles in facilitating true inclusion for minoritised disabled families at an epistemic and systemic level.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rizvi, Sana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One.- Chapter 1: The Harms of Being Spoken For.- Chapter 2: Mothering from the Periphery.- Part Two.- Chapter 3: Mothering in a Muslim Context.- Chapter 4: Magnifying Gender and Sexual Rights.- Chapter 5: Mothering in Cultural Bubbles.- Chapter 6: Englistan and Citizenship.- Chapter 7: Concluding Thoughts.

Über Autor(innen)

Sana Rizvi is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research focuses on examining inclusive and exclusive processes that impact the educational experiences of minoritised families at various intersections. Her work centres on developing and engaging in ethical and feminist qualitative research methodologies that are better suited to examining the experiences of racism and Islamophobia within communities of colour.