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.
Frente Cultural Serie
Esta serie explora la dinámica de los movimientos sociales y culturales, con el objetivo de fomentar nuevas alianzas en la izquierda. Se dirige a teóricos, activistas y progresistas tanto en el ámbito académico como en el público. Los libros buscan profundizar nuestra comprensión de la teoría interpretativa y la historia cultural, extendiendo las tradiciones democráticas de las humanidades. Caracterizada por su disposición a desarrollar formas novedosas de pensar, esta colección promueve sociedades abiertas y igualitarias.
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.