Arts and humanities / Brenda Jo Brueggemann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- About the author -- About the series editor -- Introduction, background, and history / Elizabeth Brewer, Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Nicholas Hetrick, and Melanie Yergeau -- Current issues, controversies, and solutions / Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Nicholas Hetrick, Melanie Yergeau, and Elizabeth Brewer -- Chronology of critical events / Nicholas Hetrick, Melanie Yergeau, Elizabeth Brewer, and Brenda Jo Brueggemann -- Biographies of key contributors in the field / Melanie Yergeau, Elizabeth Brewer, Brenda Jo Brueggemann, and Nicholas Hetrick -- Annotated data, statistics, tables, and graphs / Elizabeth Brewer, Brenda Jo Brueggemann, and Melanie Yergeau -- Annotated list of organizations and associations / Brenda Jo Brueggemann, with Elizabeth Brewer, Nicholas Hetrick, and Melanie Yergeau -- Selected print and electronic resources / Brenda Jo Brueggemann, with Elizabeth Brewer, Nicholas Hetrick, and Melanie Yergeau -- Glossary of key terms -- Index.

Shows the ascent, recognition, and proliferation of the field of Disability Studies, which is situated in the arts and humanities. It also illuminates some of the "vital pockets of interest" in disability studies, particularly as those pockets contain work in disciplines typically housed in the arts and humanities.