Culture - theory - disability : encounters between disability studies and cultural studies. Author(s): Maple, Jeni | Abstract: One effect of the increasing interest in disability as an identity category over the past few decades has been the examination of representations of disability in literature. Disability in literature, mythology, folklore and films | Writing Cave - […] thoughts were triggered while I was reading this blog post that was published on the occasion of the Blogging… Disability in Fiction: A Blog Post Series hosted by @BooksByIntisar | Intisar Khanani - […] Holly Kench wrote in this blog post, “We need diverse books. View Disability and Illness in Literature Research Papers on Academia.edu for free. Summary First, a total of 75 research-based articles from computerised education databases were included in this review. Disability Theory pursues three interlocking agendas.First,it makes an in-tervention from the perspective of disability studies in some of the major debates of the last thirty years in critical and cultural theory. Literature and Disability introduces readers to the field of disability studies and the ways in which a focus on issues of impairment and the representation of disability can provide new approaches to reading and writing about literary texts. Its principles developed into . Nor have developmental differences been used to test developmental theories. The Social Model of Disability and Children's Literature. Disability art and culture. The essential reasoning of what has become known as the Social Model of Disability was first suggested by Paul Hunt (1966). Table of Contents . We need disabled characters. Following a brief introduction about disability in India, I underscore disability (and gender) in postcolonial theory and practice. Disability Theorypursues three interlocking agendas. The chapter provides an overview of literary disability studies. David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder’s exploration of disability as it appears in and is used by literary narrative and form seeks to explain the notion of narrative prosthesis: namely, “that disability has been used throughout history as a crutch upon which literary narratives lean for their representational power, disruptive potency, and analytical insight” (224). Bearing such titles as “Feature Films and Disability” and “Disability in Full-Length Feature Films” and appearing in such journals as Journal of Rehabilitation, International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, and Rehabilitation Literature, Byrd’s articles tended to be brief, numbers-heavy, and laced with less-than-telling insights. Bielefeld:transcript, pp. This includes studies of the normative assumptions underpinning socially constructed categories of difference. I discuss some of the postcolonial scholars – such as Albert Memmi, Edward Said, Homi Bhabha and Chandra Mohanty – with the hope that an assimilation of postcolonial thinking would enrich the disability studies perspective. First, it makes an intervention from the perspective of disability studies in some of the major debates of the last thirty years in critical and cultural theory. 11-18. In this paper, I will outline seven elements of CDT: the social model of disability, multidimensionality, valuing diversity, rights, voices of disability, language, and transformative politics. Disability theory and disabled people's voices have remained marginal in attempts to include a wider range of theoretical perspectives and voices in organization studies. What is Disability Theory? Passionate, engaging and challenging, this second edition of the ground-breaking Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a contemporary introduction to this diverse and complex field.. Abstract. Taking an interdisciplinary and critical approach, the book:. Disability does not discriminate : toward a theory of multiple identity through coalition / Zanita E. Fenton; Conclusion : critical conversations across race and ability / Beth A. Ferri, Subini A. Annamma, and David J. Connor. Beginning Theory, 2002, by Peter Barry; Although philosophers, critics, educators and authors have been writing about writing since ancient times, contemporary schools of literary theory have cohered from these discussions and now influence how scholars look at and write about literature. Literature and Disability introduces readers to the field of disability studies and the ways in which a focus on issues of impairment and the representation of disability can provide new approaches to reading and writing about literary texts. The field emerged in the late twentieth century with the rise of other identity‐based, rights‐influenced approaches to the humanities. Disability is not a biological given; like gender, it is so-cially constructed from biological reality. Click on the link to get to the online issues. Focusing on cultural and especially literary representations of disability, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (JLCDS) publishes a wide variety of textual analyses that are informed by disability theory and, by extension, experiences of disability. A systematic process was used to search the literature for this review. Literature Review "When disabled children are absent from books…how does it make them feel, and what messages are being given to children as a whole?" Literary Disability Studies is the first book series dedicated to the exploration of literature and literary topics from a disability studies perspective. Ableism does, too: disability activists and scholars have detailed the workings of ableism and its conjunction with other structures of oppression. Disability Narrative Theory and Young Adult Fiction of Mental Illness Diane Scrofano, Moorpark College, English Department Abstract Disability narrative theory can shed light on what kinds of young adult novels of mental illness are currently available and suggest directions for authors and library collections to go in the future. ISBN 978-3-8376-2533-2 Bielefeld:transcript, pp. Examining the intersection of disability and genre in popular works of horror, crime, science fiction, fantasy, and romance published since the late 1960s, Disability, Literature, Genre is a major contribution to both cultural disability studies and genre fiction studies. Theory of Mind and Literature is a collection of nineteen essays by prominent scholars (linguists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers) working in the cutting-edge field of cognitive literary studies, which explores how we use Theory of Mind in reading and understanding literature. Literary Disability Studies is the first book series dedicated to the exploration of literature and literary topics from a disability studies perspective. While at Penn State, I worked in a number of different areas that fall under this heading: science studies, literature and medicine, feminist theory and women's studies, disability studies, and agricultural studies. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Caro l (1843), Tiny Tim is understood to be ill. His disability is a medical challenge and the family longs for the funds that they can use to engage doctors or surgeons to help “cure” him. In international research literature, Vygotsky`s view on disability, his theoretical and methodological concepts regarding special education, have largely escaped attention. Disability studies scholars and activists note that disability – like age, race, class, and sex – is a category with a contested history and material effects; as such, it merits attention within other analyses of intersectionality. Intersectional theory warns against the generalisability of the female and male experiences, and predicts that disability may influence sexism, and that gender may influence disableism. Review of Disability Studies. Feminist Theory of Disability SUSAN WENDELL We need a feminist theory of disability, both because 16 percent of women are disabled, and because the oppression of disabled people is closely linked to the cul- tural oppression of the body. While a core principle of the field has been a social model, the chapter describes debates about the relation of biology to social environment. 1: Theory of Mind Now and Then: Evolutionary and Historical Perspectives. Critical disability theory centres disability as it compares liberalism’s norms and values with their actualization in the daily life of disabled people. Strictly speaking, when we interpret a literary text, we are doing literary criticism; when we examine the criteria upon which our interpretation rests, we are doing critical theory. 11-18. examines a diverse range of theories and perspectives and engages with current debates in the field Critical theory (or literary theory), on the other hand, tries to explain the assumptions and values upon which various forms of literary criticism rest. Focusing on representations of disability, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies publishes a wide variety of textual analyses that are informed by disability theory and, by extension, experiences of disability.