A Persian Alice in Disability Literature Wonderland: Disability Studies in Iran

Authors

  • Negin H. Goodrich Ph.D. student at Purdue University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v34i2.4255

Keywords:

disability, global disability studies, Iran

Abstract

Exploring major requisites to establish an Iranian disability studies, the aim of this study is to determine how a local literature of disability can be formed in Iran, as well as how the Iranian and global disability studies might interchange disability knowledge. In an analysis of the responses to a qualitative questionnaire, three themes emerged: rudimentary resources, disability literature, and political prerequisites. Accordingly, human and financial resources, a bank of Farsi and English literature on disability, as well as developing academic relations between Iranian and international disability scholars (as an outcome of improving the Iran-USA political affairs) are essential to form a local disability studies in Iran and to engage it in the global discussions of disability studies.

Keywords: disability, global disability studies, Iran

 

 

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Published

2014-03-18

How to Cite

Goodrich, N. H. (2014). A Persian Alice in Disability Literature Wonderland: Disability Studies in Iran. Disability Studies Quarterly, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v34i2.4255