Feminist Disability Studies

by Hall, Kim Q.

• ISBN13: 9780253223401
• ISBN10: 0253223407
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-24
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

Disability, like questions of race, gender, and class, is one of the most provocative topics among theorists and philosophers today. This volume, situated at the intersection of feminist theory and disability studies, addresses questions about the nature of embodiment, the meaning of disability, the impact of public policy on those who have been labeled disabled, and how we define the norms of mental and physical ability. The essays here bridge the gap between theory and activism by illuminating structures of power and showing how historical and cultural perceptions of the human body have been informed by and contributed to the oppression of women and disabled people.

Author Biography

Kim Q. Hall is Professor of Philosophy and a faculty member in the Women's Studies and Sustainable Development programs at Appalachian State University. She is editor (with Chris Cuomo) of Whiteness: Feminist Philosophical Reflections.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Reimagining Disability and Gender through Feminist Disability Studies: An Introduction	p. 1
Toward a Theoretical Framework for Feminist Disability Studies	p. 11
Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory	p. 13
Critical Divides: Judith Butler's Body Theory and the Question of Disability	p. 48
Refiguring Literature	p. 67
Invisible Disability: Georgina Kleege's Sight Unseen	p. 69
Revisiting the Corpus of the Madwoman: Further Notes toward a Feminist Disability Studies Theory of Mental Illness	p. 91
Interrogating Fitness: Nation, Identity, and Citizenship	p. 115
The Color of Violence: Reflecting on Gender, Race, and Disability in Wartime	p. 117
Gwendolyn Brooks, World War II, and the Politics of Rehabilitation	p. 136
Revising the Subject: Disability as "Third Dimension" in Clear Light of Day and You Have Come Back	p. 159
A Heritage of Ableist Rhetoric in American Feminism from the Eugenics Period	p. 175
Sexual Agency and Queer Feminist Futures	p. 191
Disability, Sex Radicalism, and Political Agency	p. 193
Debating Feminist Futures: Slippery Slopes, Cultural Anxiety, and the Case of the Deaf Lesbians	p. 218
Inclusions, Exclusions, and Tranformations	p. 243
Disparate but Disabled: Fat Embodiment and Disability Studies	p. 245
Chronic Illness and Educational Equity: The Politics of Visibility	p. 263
Res(Crip)ting Feminist Theater through Disability Theater: Selections from the DisAbility Project	p. 287
Contributors	p. 311
Index	p. 315
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