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 2 Half Title 3 Title Page 5 Copyright Page 6 Table of Contents 7 Preface to the Fifth Edition 13 1 Introduction: Disability, Normality, and Power 15 Part I: Historical Perspectives 26 2 Disability and the Justification of Inequality in American History 27 3 “Heaven’s Special Child”: The Making of Poster Children 40 4 Disabled Upon Arrival: The Rhetorical Construction of Disability and Race at Ellis Island 47 Part II: The Politics of Disability 71 5 Disability Rights and Selective Abortion 72 6 Disability, Democracy, and the New Genetics 89 7 A Mad Fight: Psychiatry and Disability Activism 100 8 “The Institution Yet to Come”: Analyzing Incarceration Through a Disability Lens 116 Part III: Stigma and Illness 131 9 Selections from Stigma 132 10 Stigma: An Enigma Demystified 142 11 Unhealthy Disabled: Treating Chronic Illnesses as Disabilities 156 Part IV: Theorizing Disability 170 12 What’s So “Critical” about Critical Disability Studies? 171 13 The Social Model of Disability 190 14 Narrative Prosthesis 200 15 Aesthetic Nervousness 215 16 The Unexceptional Schizophrenic: A Post-Postmodern Introduction 227 17 Deaf Studies in the 21st Century: “Deaf-Gain” and the Future of Human Diversity 238 18 Aesthetic Blindness: Symbolism, Realism, and Reality 255 19 Life with Dead Metaphors: Impairment Rhetoric in Social Justice Praxis 265 20 At the Same Time, Out of Time: Ashley X 279 21 Centering Justice on Dependency and Recovering Freedom 300 Part V: Identities and Intersectionalities 309 22 Disability and the Theory of Complex Embodiment: For Identity Politics in a New Register 310 23 Defining Mental Disability 330 24 My Body, My Closet: Invisible Disability and the Limits of Coming Out 340 25 Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory 354 26 Unspeakable Offenses: Untangling Race and Disability in Discourses of Intersectionality 375 27 Compulsory Able-Bodiedness and Queer/Disabled Existence 391 28 Is Disability Studies Actually White Disability Studies? 402 29 Token of Approval 411 Part VI: Disability and Culture 417 30 Sculpting Body Ideals: Alison Lapper Pregnant and the Public Display of Disability 418 31 Blindness and Visual Culture: An Eyewitness Account 428 32 Disability, Life Narrative, and Representation 436 33 Why Disability Identity Matters: From Dramaturgy to Casting in John Belluso’s Pyretown 441 34 The Autistic Victim: Of Mice and Men 455 Part VII: Fiction, Memoir, and Poetry 464 35 Stones in My Pockets, Stones in My Heart 465 36 Unspeakable Conversations 474 37 “I Am Not One of The” and “Cripple Lullaby” 484 38 Selections from Planet of the Blind 488 39 “The Magic Wand” 494 40 “Biohack Manifesto” 497 List of Contributors 502 Credit Lines 506 Index 509

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.