Disability Histories: Rethinking Health and Disability in a Neoliberal Era
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This article from L'Homme: European Review of Feminist History examines the evolving concept of disability in the context of a neoliberal order that prioritizes competition and body optimization. With 1.3 billion people living with disabilities worldwide, the piece explores how disability has shifted from being understood as an individual inherent trait to being seen as the result of interactions between body, person, and environment. The article also touches on related themes including the demonisation of mental illness, eugenics, disability and gender, age and (in)ability in socialist Bulgaria, and family values in relation to the identitarian right.
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In recent decades the focus has shifted from understanding disability as something inherent in the individual to seeing it as 'the result of interactions between body, person and environment'
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