{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2171824345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926055","title":"The 'Normal' and the Monstrous in Disability Research","display_name":"The 'Normal' and the Monstrous in Disability Research","publication_year":1999,"publication_date":"1999-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2171824345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926055","mag":"2171824345"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/09687599926055","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926055","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926055","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S24435420","display_name":"Disability & Society","issn_l":"0267-4645","issn":["0267-4645","0968-7599","1360-0508"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Disability & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082114875","display_name":"Mike Clear","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"MIKE CLEAR","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5082114875"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.0486,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":14,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94478823,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"14","issue":"4","first_page":"435","last_page":"448"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11003","display_name":"Disability Rights and Representation","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11003","display_name":"Disability Rights and Representation","score":0.9980000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11981","display_name":"Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics","score":0.0012000000569969416,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12320","display_name":"Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/disability-research","display_name":"disability research","score":0.8799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/normality","display_name":"normality","score":0.7730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-monstrous","display_name":"the monstrous","score":0.9120000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/critical-social-research","display_name":"critical social research","score":0.7789999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemic-control","display_name":"epistemic control","score":0.5759999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/postmodern-approaches","display_name":"postmodern approaches","score":0.5130000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/materiality","display_name":"materiality","score":0.7950000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theory-and-practice","display_name":"theory and practice","score":0.7680000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interdisciplinary-research","display_name":"interdisciplinary research","score":0.5929999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/critical-disability-studies","display_name":"critical disability studies","score":0.3149999976158142}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8795937","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11862829","display_name":"Discipline","level":2,"score":0.6823937296867371},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776810005","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627208","display_name":"Disability studies","level":2,"score":0.6808141469955444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123307717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1003682","display_name":"Materiality (auditing)","level":2,"score":0.6695842742919922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.6345519423484802},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.5821874141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.5491679310798645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.44284284114837646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113706210","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301751","display_name":"Critical theory","level":2,"score":0.4395481050014496},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55587333","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133029","display_name":"Engineering ethics","level":1,"score":0.3833240866661072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.28936582803726196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.23267415165901184},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107038049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35986","display_name":"Aesthetics","level":1,"score":0.1250639259815216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.1237209141254425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.11350861191749573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.08924484252929688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/09687599926055","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926055","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926055","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S24435420","display_name":"Disability & Society","issn_l":"0267-4645","issn":["0267-4645","0968-7599","1360-0508"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Disability & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W264463002","https://openalex.org/W280680917","https://openalex.org/W286844892","https://openalex.org/W333917951","https://openalex.org/W382568313","https://openalex.org/W566247753","https://openalex.org/W581162148","https://openalex.org/W589334612","https://openalex.org/W599466352","https://openalex.org/W646328982","https://openalex.org/W1488749369","https://openalex.org/W1488885471","https://openalex.org/W1509429132","https://openalex.org/W1574262732","https://openalex.org/W2000165925","https://openalex.org/W2002528042","https://openalex.org/W2003036182","https://openalex.org/W2047726884","https://openalex.org/W2048909627","https://openalex.org/W2049849764","https://openalex.org/W2050209921","https://openalex.org/W2064468954","https://openalex.org/W2105286617","https://openalex.org/W2135064909","https://openalex.org/W2206381539","https://openalex.org/W2317076257","https://openalex.org/W2319159374","https://openalex.org/W2321892878","https://openalex.org/W2562894588","https://openalex.org/W4239467311","https://openalex.org/W4247653319","https://openalex.org/W4254509753"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2754567598","https://openalex.org/W2895318724","https://openalex.org/W3021361498","https://openalex.org/W2005228738","https://openalex.org/W2024846913","https://openalex.org/W4396521502","https://openalex.org/W7204505682","https://openalex.org/W2740502984","https://openalex.org/W182506333","https://openalex.org/W4392352785"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Based":[0],"on":[1],"the":[2,24,76,91],"key":[3,136],"assumptions":[4],"of":[5,55,62,67,79,94,106],"a":[6,12,101,116],"critical":[7,143],"social":[8,65],"research":[9,29,38,51,70,84,87],"commited":[10],"to":[11,59,75,119],"fairer":[13],"society":[14],"and":[15,36,39,44,69,81,96,99,104,108,128],"that":[16,113],"all":[17],"knowledge":[18],"is":[19],"political,":[20],"this":[21,46],"paper":[22,73,133],"highlights":[23],"way":[25,47],"in":[26,45],"which":[27,138],"'normal'":[28],"whether":[30],"quantitative":[31],"or":[32],"qualitative":[33],"can":[34,57],"regulate":[35],"discipline":[37],"effectively":[40],"conceal":[41],"important":[42],"knowledge,":[43],"control":[48],"(discipline)":[49],"substantive":[50],"outcomes.":[52],"The":[53,72,110,132],"concept":[54],"'monstrous'":[56],"refer":[58],"repressed":[60],"issues":[61],"disability,":[63],"reprehensible":[64],"conditions":[66],"disability":[68,83],"processes.":[71],"contributes":[74],"ongoing":[77],"discussion":[78],"doing":[80],"writing":[82],"by":[85],"revisiting":[86],"as":[88],"politics,":[89],"exposing":[90],"meeting":[92],"point":[93],"modern":[95],"post-modern":[97],"approaches,":[98,137],"proposing":[100],"stronger":[102],"materiality,":[103],"reintegration":[105],"theory":[107],"practice.":[109],"implications":[111],"are":[112],"we":[114],"need":[115],"personalised":[117],"approach":[118],"explore":[120],"critically":[121],"across":[122],"disciplinary":[123],"boundaries,":[124],"beyond":[125],"unilateral":[126],"discourse":[127],"into":[129],"assumed":[130],"knowledge.":[131],"discusses":[134],"some":[135],"when":[139],"taken":[140],"together":[141],"support":[142],"exploration.":[144]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}