Crip theory : cultural signs of queerness and disability / Robert McRuer ; foreword by Michael Bérubé.

  • McRuer, Robert, 1966-
Date:
[2006]
  • Books

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Description

Drawing on feminist theory, African American and Latino cultural theories, composition studies, film and TV studies, and theories of globalisation/counter-globalisation, this book articulates key concerns of crip theory and considers how such a perspective might impact cultural and historical inquiry in the humanities.

Publication/Creation

New York : New York University Press, [2006]

Physical description

xvi, 283 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contents

Introduction : compulsory able-bodiedness and queer/disabled existence -- Coming out Crip : Malibu is burning -- Capitalism and disabled identity : Sharon Kowalski, interdependency, and queer domesticity -- Noncompliance : The transformation, Gary Fisher, and the limits of rehabilitation -- Composing queerness and disability : the corporate university and alternative corporealities -- Crip eye for the normate guy : queer theory, Bob Flanagan, and the disciplining of disability studies -- Epilogue : specters of disability.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    NH.U
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ISBN

  • 0814757138
  • 9780814757130