Which theoretical and methodological approaches of contemporary cultural criticism resonate within the field of disability studies? What can cultural studies gain by incorporating disability more fully into its toolbox for critical analysis? Culture - Theory - Disability features contributions by leading international cultural disability studies scholars which are complemented with a diverse range of responses from across the humanities spectrum. This essential volume encourages the problematization of disability in connection with critical theories of literary and cultural representation, aesthetics, politics, science and technology, sociology, and philosophy. It includes essays by Lennard J. Davis, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Dan Goodley, Robert McRuer and Margrit Shildrick.

About the Author
Anne Waldschmidt teaches Sociology and Politics of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. Hanjo Berressem teaches American Literature and Culture at the University of Cologne, Germany. Moritz Ingwersen is a PhD candidate at Trent University, Canada, and teaches American literature at the University of Cologne, Germany.


Book Information
ISBN 9783837625332
Author Anne Waldschmidt
Format Paperback
Page Count 270
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 15mm * 2mm