Disabled people have emerged from the shadows and back rooms of our institutions, upping the ante on demands for an inclusive society. Claiming Disability captures this moment in the first comprehensive examination of disability studies as a field of inquiry. Arguing that disability studies takes for its subject matter not simply the variations that exist in human behavior, appearance, functioning, sensory acuity, and cognitive processing, but the meaning we make of those variations, this work offers both a passionate challenge to status quo definitions of disability and a methodology for reexamining it.
Fronte Culturale Serie
Questa serie esplora le dinamiche dei movimenti sociali e culturali, con l'obiettivo di promuovere nuove alleanze a sinistra. Si rivolge a teorici, attivisti e progressisti sia in ambito accademico che pubblico. I libri mirano ad approfondire la nostra comprensione della teoria interpretativa e della storia culturale, estendendo le tradizioni democratiche delle discipline umanistiche. Caratterizzata dalla volontà di sviluppare modi innovativi di pensare, questa collezione promuove società aperte ed egualitarie.
Draws on feminist theory, African American and Latino/a cultural theories, composition studies, film and television studies, and theories of globalization and counter-globalization. This book articulates the central concerns of crip theory and considers how such a perspective might impact cultural and historical inquiry in the humanities.