Culture - theory - disability encounters between disability studies and cultural studies

Which theoretical and methodological approaches of contemporary cultural criticism resonate within the field of disability studies? What can cultural studies gain by incorporating disability more fully into its toolbox for critical analysis? Culture - Theory - Disability features contributions by le...

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Other Authors: Waldschmidt, Anne (Editor), Berressem, Hanjo (Editor), Ingwersen, Moritz (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld Transcript 2017, [2017]©2017
Series:Disability Studies : body - power - difference
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Which theoretical and methodological approaches of contemporary cultural criticism resonate within the field of disability studies? What can cultural studies gain by incorporating disability more fully into its toolbox for critical analysis? Culture - Theory - Disability features contributions by leading international cultural disability studies scholars which are complemented with a diverse range of responses from across the humanities spectrum. This essential volume encourages the problematization of disability in connection with critical theories of literary and cultural representation, aesthetics, politics, science and technology, sociology, and philosophy
Item Description:International conference proceedings
Physical Description:268 pages illustrations