The Disability Studies Reader

The Disability Studies Reader by Lennard J Davis

The Disability Studies Reader is the most comprehensive introduction to in disability studies. Now in its third edition, it contains a wide range of seminal, cutting-edge and classic articles in the field. The collection covers cultural studies, identity politics, literary criticism, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, the visual arts, gender and race studies, as well as memoir, poetry, fiction, and prose non-fiction.

"The Disability Studies Reader is a classic of invention, intervention, and interdiciplinarityContesting at every juncture the arbitrariness of signs such as "normal, "natural," "healthy," and "able bodied," the collection rewrites epistemologies of pedagogy and research long considered "standard." The work's judgments are rejuvenating, its observations insightful, its creativity a gift."—Houston Baker, English, Vanderbilt University

"Over the past 15 years, disability studies have grown not only along with, but because of, Lennard Davis's Disability Studies Reader. This anthology provides a flexible, advanced overview of the state of scholarship on disability in the humanities and reaffirms the DSR’s position as the "must have" text for those venturing into disability studies at any level."—Robert A. Wilson, Philosophy, University of Alberta

"Professor Davis has compiled an outstanding selection of essays from leading American and international disability scholars and activists. The book is a comprehensive survey of disability culture, politics, identity, history, and fiction that can both enlighten the educated student of disability studies and serve as an introduction to the disability experience."—Paul S. Miller, Law, University of Washington

Lennard J. Davis is Professor of Disability and Human Development, English, and Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of, among other works, Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body; Bending Over Backwards: Disability, Dismodernism, and Other Difficult Positions; My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness; and Obsession: A History.

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ISBN 13	9780415873765
ISBN 10	0415873762
Title	The Disability Studies Reader
Author	Lennard J Davis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2010-03-29
Number of pages	656
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