The disability studies reader

The fifth edition of__The Disability Studies Reader__addresses the post-identity theoretical landscape by emphasizing questions of interdependency and independence, the human-animal relationship, and issues around the construction or materiality of gender, the body, and sexuality. Selections explore the underlying biases of medical and scientific experiments and explode the binary of the sound and the diseased mind. The collection addresses physical disabilities, but as always investigates issues around pain, mental disability, and invisible disabilities as well. Featuring a new generation of scholars who are dealing with the most current issues, the fifth edition continues the__Reader__'stradition of remaining timely, urgent, and critical. The Fifth Edition Of The Disability Studies Reader Addresses The Post-identity Theoretical Landscape By Emphasizing Questions Of Interdependency And Independence, The Human--animal Relationship, And Issues Around The Construction Or Materiality Of Gender, The Body, And Sexuality. Selections Explore The Underlying Biases Of Medical And Scientific Experiments And Explode The Binary Of The Sound And The Diseased Mind. The Collection Addresses Physical Disabilities, But As Always Investigates Issues Around Pain, Mental Disability, And Invisible Disabilities As Well. Featuring A New Generation Of Scholars Who Are Dealing With The Most Current Issues, The Fifth Edition Continues The Reader's Tradition Of Remaining Timely, Urgent, And Critical. --publisher's Website. Preface To The Fifth Edition -- Introduction : Disability, Normality, And Power / Lennard J. Davis -- Part I. Historical Perspectives. -- Disability And The Justification Of Inequality In American History / Douglas C. Baynton -- Heaven's Special Child : The Making Of Poster Children / Paul K. Longmore -- Disabled Upon Arrival : The Rhetorical Construction Of Disability And Race At Ellis Island / Jay Dolmage -- Part Ii. The Politics Of Disability. -- Disability Rights And Selective Abortion / Marsha Saxton -- Disability, Democracy, And The New Genetics / Michael Bérubé -- A Mad Fight : Psychiatry And Disability Activism / Bradley Lewis -- The Institution Yet To Come : Analyzing Incarceration Through A Disability Lens / Liat Ben-moshe -- Part Iii. Stigma And Illness. -- Selections From Stigma / Erving Goffman -- Stigma : An Enigma Demystified / Lerita M. Coleman-brown Unhealthy Disabled : Treating Chronic Illnesses As Disabilities / Susan Wendell -- Part Iv. Theorizing Disability. -- What's So Critical About Critical Disability Studies? / Helen Meekosha And Russell Shuttleworth -- The Social Model Of Disability / Tom Shakespeare -- Narrative Prosthesis / David Mitchell And Sharon Snyder -- Aesthetic Nervousness / Ato Quayson -- The Unexceptional Schizophrenic : A Post-postmodern Introduction / Catherine Prendergast -- Deaf Studies In The 21st Century : Deaf-gain And The Future Of Human Diversity / H-dirksen L. Bauman And Joseph J. Murray -- Aesthetic Blindness : Symbolism, Realism, And Reality / David Bolt -- Life With Dead Metaphors : Impairment Rhetoric In Social Justice Praxis / Tanya Titchkosky -- At The Same Time, Out Of Time : Ashley X / Alison Kafer -- Centering Justice On Dependency And Recovering Freedom / Eva Feder Kittay -- Part V. Identities And Intersectionalities-- Disability And The Theory Of Complex Embodiment : For Identity Politics In A New Register / Tobin Siebers -- Defining Mental Disability / Margaret Price -- My Body, My Closet : Invisible Disability And The Limits Of Coming Out / Ellen Samuels -- Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory / Rosemarie Garland-thomson -- Unspeakable Offenses : Untangling Race And Disability In Discourses Of Intersectionality / Nirmala Erevelles And Andrea Minear -- Compulsory Able-bodiedness And Queer/disabled Existence / Robert Mcruer -- Is Disability Studies Actually White Disability Studies? / Chris Bell -- Token Of Approval / Harilyn Rousso -- Part Vi. Disability And Culture. -- Sculpting Body Ideals : Alison Lapper Pregnant And The Public Display Of Disability / Ann Millett-gallant -- Blindness And Visual Culture : An Eyewitness Account / Georgina Kleege -- Disability, Life Narrative, And Representation / G. Thomas Cousers-- Why Disability Identity Matters : From Dramaturgy To Casting In John Belluso's Pyretown / Carrie Sandahl -- The Autistic Victim : Of Mice And Men / Sonya Freeman Loftis -- Part Vii. Fiction, Memoir, And Poetry. -- Stones In My Pockets, Stones In My Heart / Eli Clare -- Unspeakable Conversations / Harriet Mcbryde Johnson -- I Am Not One Of The And Cripple Lullaby / Cheryl Marie Wade -- Selections From Planet Of The Blind / Steve Kuusisto -- The Magic Wand / Lynn Manning -- Biohack Manifesto / Jillian Weise Edited By Lennard J. Davis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface to the Fifth Edition......Page 14 1 Introduction: Disability, Normality, and Power......Page 18 Part I: Historical Perspectives......Page 32 2 Disability and the Justification of Inequality in American History......Page 34 3 ‘‘Heaven’s Special Child’’: The Making of Poster Children......Page 52 4 Disabled Upon Arrival: The Rhetorical Construction of Disability and Race at Ellis Island......Page 60 Part II: The Politics of Disability......Page 88 5 Disability Rights and Selective Abortion......Page 90 6 Disability, Democracy, and the New Genetics......Page 104 7 A Mad Fight: Psychiatry and Disability Activism......Page 119 8 ‘‘The Institution Yet to Come’’: Analyzing Incarceration Through a Disability Lens......Page 136 Part III: Stigma and Illness......Page 148 9 Selections from Stigma......Page 150 10 Stigma: An Enigma Demystified......Page 162 11 Unhealthy Disabled: Treating Chronic Illnesses as Disabilities......Page 177 Part IV: Theorizing Disability......Page 190 12 What’s So ‘‘Critical’’ about Critical Disability Studies?......Page 192 13 The Social Model of Disability......Page 212 14 Narrative Prosthesis......Page 221 15 Aesthetic Nervousness......Page 236 16 The Unexceptional Schizophrenic: A Post-Postmodern Introduction......Page 249 17 Deaf Studies in the 21st Century: ‘‘Deaf-Gain’’ and the Future of Human Diversity......Page 259 18 Aesthetic Blindness: Symbolism, Realism, and Reality......Page 273 19 Life with Dead Metaphors: Impairment Rhetoric in Social Justice Praxis......Page 286 20 At the Same Time, Out of Time: Ashley X......Page 299 21 Centering Justice on Dependency and Recovering Freedom......Page 322 Part V: Identities and Intersectionalities......Page 328 22 Disability and the Theory of Complex Embodiment: For Identity Politics in a New Register......Page 330 23 Defining Mental Disability......Page 350 24 My Body, My Closet: Invisible Disability and the Limits of Coming Out......Page 360 25 Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory......Page 377 26 Unspeakable Offenses: Untangling Race and Disability in Discourses of Intersectionality......Page 398 27 Compulsory Able-Bodiedness and Queer/Disabled Existence......Page 413 28 Is Disability Studies Actually White Disability Studies?......Page 423 29 Token of Approval......Page 433 Part VI: Disability and Culture......Page 442 30 Sculpting Body Ideals: Alison Lapper Pregnant and the Public Display of Disability......Page 444 31 Blindness and Visual Culture: An Eyewitness Account......Page 457 32 Disability, Life Narrative, and Representation......Page 467 33 Why Disability Identity Matters: From Dramaturgy to Casting in John Belluso’s Pyretown......Page 471 34 The Autistic Victim: Of Mice and Men......Page 487 Part VII: Fiction, Memoir, and Poetry......Page 498 35 Stones in My Pockets, Stones in My Heart......Page 500 36 Unspeakable Conversations......Page 511 37 ‘‘I am Not One of The’’ and ‘‘Cripple Lullaby’’......Page 524 38 Selections from Planet of the Blind......Page 527 39 ‘‘The Magic Wand’’......Page 534 40 ‘‘Biohack Manifesto’’......Page 536 List of Contributors......Page 539 Credit Lines......Page 545 Index......Page 548