Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice Challenging Essentialism
Drawing from work in a wide range of fields, this book presents novel approaches to key debates in thinking about and defining disability. Differing from other works in Critical Disability Studies, it crucially demonstrates the consequences of radically r
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Rethinking Disability Theory and Practice Challenging Essentialism Edited by
Karín Lesnik-Oberstein Department of English Literature, University of Reading, UK
Selection, introduction and editorial matter © Karín Lesnik-Oberstein 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave is a 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 978-1-349-68768-8 ISBN 978-1-137-45697-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-45697-7
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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1 Introduction: Challenging Essentialism in Disability Studies Karín Lesnik-Oberstein
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2 The Case of Pre-Natal Diagnosis Karín Lesnik-Oberstein
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3 The Recuperated Materiality of Disability and Animal Studies Sue Walsh
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4 The Construction of Hirsutism and Its Controlling and Disabling Manifestations Louise Tondeur
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5 Reading Autism in Herman Melville’s ‘Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street’ Helen Santa Maria
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6 De-Colonizing Deaf Education: An Analysis of the Claims and Implications of the Application of Post-Colonial Theory to Deaf Education Hannah Anglin-Jaffe 7 ADHD Mythology Simon Bailey
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8 Queer Regenerative Work? New Eugenics? On the Travels of the IVF Embryo Ute Kalender 9 The Madness of Interpretation and Meaning in Psychoanalytic Treatment and Literature: Reading Patrick Casement’s ‘A Retrospective Overview’ Ca
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