Disability theory / Tobin Siebers.
| Author/creator | Siebers, Tobin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2008] |
| Copyright Date | ©2008 |
| Description | 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Corporealities Corporealities. ^A437391 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Tender organs, narcissism, and identity politics -- Body theory : from social construction to the new realism of the body -- Disability studies and the future of identity politics -- Disability as masquerade -- Disability experience on trial -- A sexual culture for disabled people -- Sex, shame, and disability identity : with reference to Mark O'Brien -- Disability and the right to have rights -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | Intelligent, provocative, and challenging, Disability Theory revolutionizes the terrain of theory by providing indisputable evidence of the value and utility that a disability studies perspective can bring key critical and cultural questions. Tobin Siebers persuasively argues that disability studies transfigures basic assumptions about identity, ideology, language, politics, social oppression, and the body. At the same time, he advances the emerging field of disability studies by putting its core issues into contact with signal thinkers in cultural studies, literary theory, queer theory, gender studies, and critical race theory. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Siebers, Tobin. Disability theory. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2008 |
| LCCN | 2007052247 |
| ISBN | 9780472070398 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0472070398 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780472050390 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0472050397 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | ebook |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV1568.2 .S54 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |