Foundations of Disability Studies

A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more.

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Foundations of Disability Studies

10.1057/9781137363787 - Foundations of Disability Studies, Edited by Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt

10.1057/9781137363787 - Foundations of Disability Studies, Edited by Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt

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Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt

10.1057/9781137363787 - Foundations of Disability Studies, Edited by Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt

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FOUNDATIONS OF DISABILITY STUDIES

FOUNDATIONS OF DISABILITY STUDIES

Copyright © Matthew Wappett and Katrina Arndt, 2013. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–37352–6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Foundations of disability studies / [edited by] Matthew Wappett, Katrina Arndt. pages cm ISBN 978–1–137–37352–6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Disability studies. 2. People with disabilities. I. Wappett, Matthew. II. Arndt, Katrina. HV1568.2.F68 2013 362.4—dc23

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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Acknowledgments

vii

Foreword

ix

1

Handicapism Robert Bogdan and Douglas Biklen

2

Disability, Pain, and the Politics of Minority Identity Tobin Siebers

3

Historicizing Dis/Ability: Creating Normalcy, Containing Difference David. J. Connor and Beth A. Ferri

4 Lost and Found in Space: The Geographical Imagination and Disability Brendan Gleeson 5

6

7

8

Musical Becoming: Intellectual Disability and the Transformative Power of Music Licia Carlson

1 17

29

69

83

Lomax’s Matrix: Disability, Solidarity, and the Black Power of 504 Susan Schweik

105

Toward a Postcolonial Neurology: Autism, Tito Mukhopadhyay, and a New Geo-Poetics of the Body Ralph James Savarese

125

(Im)Material Citizens: Cognitive Disability, Race, and the Politics of Citizenship Nirmala Erevelles

145

List of Contributors

177

Index

181

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