Culture – Theory – Disability : Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies

Waldschmidt, Anne

Culture – Theory – Disability : Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies - Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 20170414

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Which theoretical approaches of contemporary cultural criticism can Disability Studies employ? At the same time, what can Cultural Studies gain by incorporating disability more fully as a framework for critical analysis? This international collection of essays enriches the thriving discourse of Cultural Disability Studies by offering stimulating dialogues between British, Czech, German and US-American scholars. In order to contour the various 'contact zones' between the two fields, the volume works transdisciplinarily, drawing on fields such as sociology, literary studies, art history and philosophy.


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English

9783839425336 9783839425336

10.14361/9783839425336 doi


Disability: social aspects

Sociology Body Culture Disability Studies Cultural Studies Cultural Theory Prosthesis