‘Soon there’ll be a society for every bit of the intestine’: The complexities of positioning disability in Sweden today.

Ann‐Mari Sellerberg

doi:10.1080/15017419909510745

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‘Soon there’ll be a society for every bit of the intestine’: The complexities of positioning disability in Sweden today.

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Ann‐Mari Sellerberg

About Ann‐Mari

Ann-Man Sellerberg, is Professor in sociology at the University of Lund. Her research includes employment, consumption patterns, medicine, and organisations for persons with disabilities.

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This article addresses the issue of the dual situation in which disabled people find themselves in modern society. On the one hand, people are increasingly grouped according to ever more precise labels. The political system demands this emblematic organisation. The article discusses the growth in the number of new, high‐profile organisations and how this relates to the political system in which such organisations are needed as ‘dialogue partners’. On the other hand, naturally one finds that in different social contexts there is some opposition to categorisation and labelling.

The strong profiling and articulation of disability are thus factors at the political level This article addresses in the first instance the new, politically distinct mode of labelling. However, there is also a discussion of the way in which individuals’ articulated descriptions of their own disabilities demand a response at levels other than the political.

How to Cite: Sellerberg, A., (2009). ‘Soon there’ll be a society for every bit of the intestine’: The complexities of positioning disability in Sweden today.. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 1(2), pp.86–98. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/15017419909510745

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Ronström , O (1994). . . “I'm old an’ I'm proud. Dance, Music and the Formation of Cultural Identity among Pensioners in Sweden. ”. In The World of Music. , Vol. 3, : 5.–. [city: Berlin]: : International Institute for Traditional Music. .
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Scotch , RK (1988). . . Disability as the Basis of a Social Movement: Advocacy and the Politics of Definition. . Journal of Social Issues , 44
Sellerberg , A‐M (1993). . . Handikapp och organisering ‐ en sociologisk tolkning [Disability and organisation: a sociological interpretation]. , : 7.[city: Lund]: : In the series Reports from the Department of Sociology, Lund University, Research Program in Medical Sociology. . 1993.
Sellerberg , A‐M (1996). . . Att konkurrera med sitt handikapp ‐ Om de moderna handikapp‐organisationernas raison d'être [Competing with your disability: the raison d'être of modern organisations for the disabled]. . Sosiologisk årbok, , Årgang 1.2..
Simmel , G (1964). . . The Sociology of Georg Simmel, Edited by: Wolff , Kurt . [city: New York]:
Stone , DA (1985). . . The disabled state. , [city: Basingstoke]: : Macmillan. .
Wallin , N (1983). . . Städa i organisationsdjungeln!. . SHT, De Handikappades Riksförbund, DHR, , : : 11.–.
Wallin , N (1982). . . Vår splittrade marknad. . Svenska Marknaden, ,
Words with Dignity. , [city: 1331 F Street, NW. Washington, DC 20004–1107]: : The President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. .
Zola , IK (1982). . . Missing pieces: A chronicle of living with a disability, [city: Philadelphia]:

[CIT0001] Anspach , RR (1979). . . From stigma to identity politics. Political activism among the physically disabled and former mental patients. . Social Science and Medicine , 13: : 765.–.

[CIT0002] Boyte , HC (1984). . . Community is possible: Repairing America's roots, [city: New York]:

[CIT0003] Cumming , J and Cumming , E (1957). . . Closed ranks: An experiment in mental health education. , [city: Cambridge]: : Harvard University Press. .

[CIT0004] D'Arcy , C and Brockman , J (1977). . . Public rejection of the ex‐mental patient: Are attitudes changing?. . Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology , 14((1)): : 68.–.

[CIT0005] Enerstvedt , RT (1995). . . Critique of the concept of normality as a basis for dignity of life. , Department of Sociology, University of Oslo. .

[CIT0006] Esaiasson , P (1998). . . “Någon vill trycka på dig något [Someone wants to oppress you]. ”. In Moderna Tider Edited by: Esaiasson , P , Linnell , B and Aase , M . Vol. 92, : 15.–. 19, 21.–.

[CIT0007] Falkenhaugm , I (1997). . . Medlemskris i stora förbund [Membership crises in large associations]. . Auris, , : : 7.

[CIT0008] Froestad , J (). . Lecture entitled Vad vi inte vet om handikapphistoria [What we do not know about disability history]. . Delivered on 27 October 1997 to a conference at Saltsjö‐Boo arranged by Handikapphistoriska föreningen (the Swedish Society for Disability history), .

[CIT0009] Froestad , J (1995). . . “Handikappforskningen i Norge [Norwegian research into disability]. ”. In Likhet och särart: Handikapphistoria i Norden, Edited by: Eriksson , BE and Törnqvist , R . [city: Fingraf]:

[CIT0010] Goffman , E (1963). . . Behavior in Public Places, [city: Glencoe]:

[CIT0011] Goffman , E (1963). . . Stigma. Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. , [city: Englewood Cliffs], [state: New Jersey]: : Prentice‐Hall Inc.. .

[CIT0012] Hahn , H (1985). . . The Politics of physical differences: Disability and Discrimination. . Journal of Social Issues, , : : 44.

[CIT0013] Höglund , B (1993). . . Fran visa till egna ‐ en socioigisk studie om döv‐ och hörselskadeföreningarnas representantskap [From ‘the wise’ to ‘the own’ ‐ a sociological study of representation in associations for the deaf and hearing impaired]. , [city: Lund]: : Research Reports from the Department of Sociology, Research Programme in Medical Sociology 6. .

[CIT0014] Jarkman , K (1996). . . En liva att leva. Om familjer, funktionshinder och vardagens villkor [One life to live: families, disability, and evryday circumstances]. , Linköping, Carlssons Studies in Arts and Science. .

[CIT0015] Lewin , B (1998). . . “[Disability and citizenship]. ”. In Funktionshinder och medborgarskap. , [city: Uppsala]: : Socialmedicinsk tidskrifts skriftserie 55. .

[CIT0016] Lövgren , K (1996). . . Ordet intressepolitik har för negativ klang [The term ‘special interest politics’ has too negative a ring]. . Auris, , : : 5.–.

[CIT0017] Merton , RK (1949). . . Social theory and social structure, [city: Glencoe], [state: Ill]:

[CIT0018] Ronström , O (1994). . . “I'm old an’ I'm proud. Dance, Music and the Formation of Cultural Identity among Pensioners in Sweden. ”. In The World of Music. , Vol. 3, : 5.–. [city: Berlin]: : International Institute for Traditional Music. .

[CIT0019] Scheff , TJ (1975). . . “The labeling theory of mental illness. ”. In Labeling Madness. , Edited by: Scheff , TJ . [city: New Jersey], [state: Englewood Cliffs]: : Prentice Hall, Inc.. .

[CIT0020] Scotch , RK (1988). . . Disability as the Basis of a Social Movement: Advocacy and the Politics of Definition. . Journal of Social Issues , 44

[CIT0021] Sellerberg , A‐M (1993). . . Handikapp och organisering ‐ en sociologisk tolkning [Disability and organisation: a sociological interpretation]. , : 7.[city: Lund]: : In the series Reports from the Department of Sociology, Lund University, Research Program in Medical Sociology. . 1993.

[CIT0022] Sellerberg , A‐M (1996). . . Att konkurrera med sitt handikapp ‐ Om de moderna handikapp‐organisationernas raison d'être [Competing with your disability: the raison d'être of modern organisations for the disabled]. . Sosiologisk årbok, , Årgang 1.2..

[CIT0023] Simmel , G (1964). . . The Sociology of Georg Simmel, Edited by: Wolff , Kurt . [city: New York]:

[CIT0024] Stone , DA (1985). . . The disabled state. , [city: Basingstoke]: : Macmillan. .

[CIT0025] Wallin , N (1983). . . Städa i organisationsdjungeln!. . SHT, De Handikappades Riksförbund, DHR, , : : 11.–.

[CIT0026] Wallin , N (1982). . . Vår splittrade marknad. . Svenska Marknaden, ,

[CIT0027] Words with Dignity. , [city: 1331 F Street, NW. Washington, DC 20004–1107]: : The President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. .

[CIT0028] Zola , IK (1982). . . Missing pieces: A chronicle of living with a disability, [city: Philadelphia]:

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‘Soon there’ll be a society for every bit of the intestine’: The complexities of positioning disability in Sweden today.

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