Vol 27, No 4 (2007)

The State of Disability in Israel/Palestine

Table of Contents

Prefatory Matter

Editors' Preface html
Brenda Brueggemann

Special Topic: The State of Disability in Israel/Palestine

The State of Disability in Israel/Palestine: An Introduction html
Liat Ben Moshe, Sumi Colligan
Mental Hygiene and Disability in the Zionist Project html
Sandy Sufian
'Tell My Sister to Come and Get Me Out of Here': A Reading of Ableism and Orientalism in Israel's Immigration Policy (The First Decade) Abstract html
Sagit Mor
The Social Value of Death Versus Disability in Israel: Why It is Better to Die for Your Country Abstract html
Noam Ostrander, Eynat Shevil
Disablement, Gender, and Deafhood among the Negev Arab-Bedouin Abstract html
Shifra Kisch
The Challenges and Rewards of Parenthood: Experiences of Disabled Parents in Israel Abstract html
Carolyn Gutman
Disability Politics in Israel: Civil Society, Advocacy, and Contentious Politics Abstract html
Hila Rimon-Greenspan
Disability Policies and Protests in Israel html
Sharon Barnartt, Rachel Rotman
Reflections on an Effort to Develop a Cross-Disability Consciousness Inclusive of People with Psychiatric Disabilities Abstract html
Israel Sykes, Eyal Menashe, Elliot Lazerwitz, Ayala Vlodavsky, Limor Zaga-Shabbat
"Environmental Justice" and Persons with Disabilities in Israel Abstract html
Dina Feldman
Witnesses with Mental Disabilities: Accommodations and the Search for Truth Abstract html
Neta Ziv

Articles

The Personal is Rhetorical: War, Protest, and Peace in Breast Cancer Narratives Abstract html
Kristen Garrison
An International Comparison of Pre-service Teacher Attitudes towards Inclusive Education Abstract html
Chris Forlin, Umesh Sharma, Tim Loreman
Defining Abuse: A Study of the Perceptions of People with Disabilities Regarding Abuse Directed at People with Disabilities Abstract html
Sampada Gandhi, Denise Goobic Palermo, Bernadette West

Cultural Commentary

Cultural Commentary: In Search of a Miracle Pill html
Santiago Solis
Cultural Commentary html
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Creative Works

Gonna Buy You a Mockingbird html
K.C. Harmon

Book and Film Reviews

Thomas Fahy. Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination: Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote html
Victoria Kannen
Diane Pothier and Richard Devlin, eds. Critical Disability Theory: Essays in Philosophy, Politics, and Law. html
Tim Thompson
Robert McRuer. Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability html
Alina Bennett
Lucia Perillo. I've Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature html
Laurie Clements Lambeth



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