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.
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Cette série explore les dynamiques des mouvements sociaux et culturels, visant à favoriser de nouvelles alliances à gauche. Elle s'adresse aux théoriciens, militants et progressistes, tant dans le milieu universitaire que public. Les ouvrages cherchent à approfondir notre compréhension de la théorie interprétative et de l'histoire culturelle, en élargissant les traditions démocratiques des sciences humaines. Caractérisée par sa volonté de développer de nouvelles approches de pensée, cette collection promeut des sociétés ouvertes et égalitaires.
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.