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The Constitution of Impairment: Modernity and the aesthetic of oppression

BILL HUGHES Department of Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK
Pages 155-172 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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