Disability and passing : blurring the lines of identity / edited by Jeffrey A. Brune and Daniel J. Wilson.

Other author Brune, Jeffrey A., 1972- editor.
Other author Wilson, Daniel J., 1949- editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Description1 online resource (vi, 206 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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SeriesUPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents 9 Growing Up to Become Hearing:Dreams of Passing in Oral Deaf Education contributors; Index.
Contents Introduction / Jeffrey A. Brune and Daniel J. Wilson -- Passing in the Shadow of FDR : Polio Survivors, Passing, and the Negotiation of Disability / Daniel J. Wilson -- The Multiple Layers of Disability Passing in Life, Literature, and Public Discourse / Jeffrey A. Brune -- The Menstrual Masquerade / David Linton -- "I Made Up My Mind to Act Both Deaf and Dumb" : Displays of Disability and Slave Resistance in the Antebellum American South / Dea H. Boster -- Passing as Sane, or How to Get People to Sit Next to You on the Bus / Peta Cox -- Athlete First : A Note on Passing, Disability, and Sport / Michael A. Rembis -- The Sociopolitical Contexts of Passing and Intellectual Disability / Allison C. Carey -- Growing Up to Become Hearing : Dreams of Passing in Oral Deaf Education / Kristen C. Harmon.
Abstract Passing-an act usually associated with disguising race-also relates to disability. Whether a person classified as mentally ill struggles to suppress aberrant behavior to appear "normal" or a person falsely claims a disability to gain some advantage, passing is a pervasive and much discussed phenomenon. Nevertheless, Disability and Passing is the first anthology to examine this issue. The editors and contributors to this volume explore the intersections of disability, race, gender, and sexuality as these various aspects of identity influence each other and make identity fluid. They argue that the line between disability and normality is blurred, discussing disability as an individual identity and as a social category. And they discuss the role of stigma in decisions about whether or not to pass. Focusing on the United States from the nineteenth century to the present, the essays in Disability and Passing speak to the complexity of individual decisions about passing and open the conversation for broader discussion. Contributors include: Dea Boster, Allison Carey, Peta Cox, Kristen Harmon, David Linton, Michael Rembis, and the editors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageIn English.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Disability and passing. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013 9781439909799
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Genre/formEssays.
Genre/formEssays.
LCCN 2012042290
ISBN9781439909812 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1439909814 (electronic bk.)
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