Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. History, policy and everyday life

Нью-Йорк , Абингдон : Routledge, 2014.

Ярская-Смирнова Е. Р., Rasell M., Романов П. В., Шмидт В. Р., Phillips S., Bernstein F., Zavirsek D., Fieseler B.

Научный редактор: Ярская-Смирнова Е. Р., M. Rasell

There are over thirty million disabled people in Russia and Eastern Europe, yet their voices are rarely heard in scholarly studies of life and well-being in the region. This book brings together new research by internationally recognised local and non-native scholars in a range of countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It covers, historically, the origins of legacies that continue to affect well-being and policy in the region today, discusses disability in culture and society, highlighting the broader conditions that construct disability and in which disabled people must build their identities and well-being, provides in-depth biographical profiles that outline what living with disabilities in the region is like, and examines policy interventions, including international influences, recent reforms and the difficulties of implementing inclusive, community-based care. The book will be of interest both to regional specialists, for whom the problem of declining standards of health and well-being is a crucial concern, and to scholars of disability and social policy internationally

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Heroes and Spongers: The iconography of disability in Soviet poster and film

Ярская-Смирнова Е. Р., Романов П. В., , in: Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. History, policy and everyday life.: NY, Abingdon: Routledge, 2014. P. 67–96.

Cinematic representations not only strongly influence our interpretation of history (Ferro 1992: 315), but are also important for understanding key aspects of Soviet disability policy. At the beginning of the twentieth century the new medium of cinema enjoyed immense popularity in many countries due to the efforts of commercial filmmakers to produce popular entertainment in ...

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Conceptualising Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Rasell M., Ярская-Смирнова Е. Р., , in: Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. History, policy and everyday life.: NY, Abingdon: Routledge, 2014.

The topic of disability in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union commonly evokes a range of depressing images from abandoned children in dilapidated orphanages to military veterans in uniform begging on street corners. More positive associations are far less frequent, whether disability activism, inclusive kindergartens or disability-themed film festivals. The ‘micro worlds’ of disabled ...

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Ключевые слова: Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, disability, everyday life