CHID/LSJ/DIS ST 430 A "Disability Studies, Feminist Theory & Representation" Reading List
Week 1 Introduction to Disability Studies:
Monday Readings:
Garland-Thomson, R. (2013). Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), The Disability Studies Reader (4th ed., pp. 333-352). New York: Routledge.
Hall, K. Q. (2011). Feminist Disability Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. An Introduction, pp. 1-10.
Wednesday Readings:
Kafer, A. (2013). Feminist, Queer, Crip. Íntroduction: Imagined Futures” Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 1-24.
Week 1: Optional Readings and Materials:
Garland-Thomson, R. (2005). Feminist Disability Studies. University of Chicago Press Journals, 1557-1587
Garland-Thomson, R. (2016). The Story of My Work: How I Became Disabled. Disability Studies Quarterly. Retrieved from http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/4254
Kafer, A. (2013). Feminist, Queer, Crip. “At the Same Time, Out of Time: Ashley X” Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 47-68.
Week 2 Disability, Intersectionality & Difference:
Monday Readings:
Baynton, D. (2013). “Disability and the Justification of Inequality in American History,” in L.J. Davis (Ed.), The Disability Studies Reader (4th ed., pp. 17-33). New York: Routledge.
Erevelles, N., & Minear, A. (2010). Unspeakable Offenses: Untangling Race and Disability in Discourses of Intersectionality. Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies , 127-145
**Trigger Warning** The Erevelles article describes instances of police violence, rape, and institutional abuse. If you prefer an alternative reading please notify me prior to the reflection due date.
Wednesday Readings:
Clare, E. (2001). Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies: Disability and Queerness. Public Culture, 359-365.
Lukin, J. (2013). Disability and Blackness. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), The Disability Studies Reader (4th ed., pp. 306-316). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Week 2 Optional Readings and Materials:
Eli Clare website: http://eliclare.com/
McRuer, R. (2010). Disability Nationalism in Crip Times. Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies , 163-178.
NPR article from Saturday 3/30 "Don't Call This Rebel on Wheels and Angel from Above"
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/03/18/594088583/dont-call-this-rebel-on-wheels-an-angel-from-above (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
In class video: Kimberle Crenshaw Ted Talk "The Urgency of Intersectionality"https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality#t-243050
Week 3 Representation & Difference:
Monday Reading:
Hall, S. (2013). “The Work of Representation” in Representation (2nd ed. pp. 1-47). (J. Evan, & S. Nixon, Eds.) London: Sage Publications.
Wednesday Readings:
Sandell, R., & Dodd, J. (2010). Activist Practice . In Re-Representing Disability: Activism and agency in the museum (pp. 3-40). New York: Routledge.
Longmore, P. K. (2016). Smashing Icons Gender, Sexuality, and Disability. In Telethons: Spectacle, Disability, and the Business of Charity. (K. Kudlick, Ed. pp. 138-153.) New York: Oxford University Press.
Week 3 Optional Readings and Materials (includes examples of representational analysis)
Hall, S. (2013). “The Spectacle of The Other” in Representation (2nd ed., pp. 215-271). (J. Evan, & S. Nixon, Eds.) London: Sage Publications.
Nepveux, D., & Beitiks, E. S. (2010). Producing African Disability through Documentary Film: Emmanuel's Gift and Moja Moja. Project Muse, IV(3), 237-254. doi:10.1353/jlc.2010.0011
Longmore, P. (2013). "Heaven's Special Child": The Making of Poster Children. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), The Disability Studies Reader (4th ed., pp. 34-41). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Waltz, M. (2012). Images and narratives of autism within charity discourses. Disability & Society, 219-233.
LeBesco, K. (2011). Disability, Gender, and Difference on The Soprano's. In G. Dines, & J. M. Humez (Eds.), Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A critical reader (pp. 185-193). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc
Thibault, R. (2014, June 3). Can Autistic Redefine Autism? The Cultural Politics of Autistic Activism. Journal Trans-Scripts, 4, 57-88. Retrieved from http://www.humanities.uci.edu/collective/hctr/trans-scripts/recent_issue.html
Week 4 Artistic Space, Disability & Performance:
Monday Readings:
Fox, A. M., & Lipkin, J. (2002). Res(Crip)ting Feminist Theater Through Disability Theater Selections from the DisAbility Project. Feminist Formations, 14(3), 77-98.
McGrath, E. (2012). Dancing with Disability: An Intersubjective Approach. In D. Goodley, H. Bill, & L. Davis (Eds.), Disability and Social Theory New Developments and Directions (pp. 143-158). New York: Palgrave macmillan.
Millett-Gallant, A. (2013). Sculpting Body Ideals: Alison Lapper Pregnant and the Public Display of Disability. In The Disability Studies Reader (pp. 398-410). New York : Routledge.
Wednesday Readings:
Parker-Starbuck, J. (2005). Shifting Strenghts: The Cyborg Theater of Cathy Weis. In Bodies in Commotion: Disability and Performance (pp. 95-108). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Kuppers, P. (2007). The Performance of Disability. The Drama Review, 80-88.
Week 4 Optional Readings and Materials
Mirzoeff, N. (2006). Blindness and Art. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), The Disability Studies Reader (2nd ed., pp. 379-398). New York: Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.
Cathy Wies website: http://www.cathyweis.org/
In Class Video Analysis:
Valuable Bodies | Riva Lehrer | TEDxGrandRapids Links to an external site.
Adaption (Links to an external site.)
N.Y./Region: 'Collision' of Dance and Disability | The New York Times
China Disabled Dance (Links to an external site.)
AXIS Dance 2014: Divide by Marc Brew- Changing the Face of Dance and Disability (Links to an external site.)
Optional Video: Riva Lehrer A Self-Portrait in Formaldehyde (not cc enabled)
https://youtu.be/obJaZtu3Ams (Links to an external site.)
https://www.rivalehrerart.com/totems-and-familiars
http://codeofthefreaks.com/ (Links to an external site.)
Week 5 U.S. History and the Exploitation of Disability Categories:
Monday Readings:
Carey, A. C. (2010). Beyond the Medical Model: A reconsideration of 'feeblemindedness', citizenship, and eugenic restritcions. Disability & Society, 411-340.
Lamp, S., & Cleigh, W. C. (2011). A Heritage of Ableist Rhetoric in American Feminism from the Eugenics Period. In K. Q. Hall (Ed.), Feminist Disability Studies (pp. 175-190). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Wednesday Readings:
Carlson, L. (2001). Cognitive Ableism and Disability Studies: Feminist Reflections on the History of Mental Retardation. Hypatia , 124-146.
Erevelles, N. (2011). The Color of Violence: Reflecting on Gender, Race and Disability in Wartime. In K. Q. Hall (Ed.), Feminist Disability Studies (pp. 117-135). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Week 6 No Readings: Research and Library Week
Week 7 Postcolonial Feminist Disability Studies:
Monday Readings:
Chataika, T. (2012). Disability, Development and Postcolonialism. In D. Goodely, B. Huges, & L. Davis (Eds.), Disability and Social Theory: New Developments and Directions (pp. 252-269). New York: Pallgrave Macmillan.
Barker, C., & Murray, S. (2013). Disabling Postcolonialism: Global Disability Cultures and Democratic Criticism. In L. J. Davis (Ed.), Disability Studies Reader (4th ed., pp. 61-73). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Wednesday Readings:
Ghai, A. (2012). Engaging with Disability with Postcolonial Theory. In D. Goodley, B. Hughes, & L. Davis (Eds.), Disability and Social Theory: New Developments and Directions (pp. 270-286). New York: Pallgrave Macmillan.
Erevelles, N. (2011). Embodied Antinomies: Feminist Disability Studies Meets Third World Feminism in Disability and Difference in Global Contexts. New York: Pallgrave Macmillan. (pp. 121-146).
Week 7 Optional Readings and Materials:
Grech, S. (2011). Recolonising debates or perpetuated coloniality? Decentring the spaces of disability, development and community in the global South. International Journal of Inclusive Education, XV(1), 87-100.
Cheyne, R. (2010). Literary, Cultural, & Disability Studies: A Tripartite Approach to Postcolonialism. Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 201-204.
Connell, R. (2011). Southern Bodies and Disability: re-thinking concepts. Third World Quarterly, XXXII(8), 1369-1381.
Online access to the documentary: "Fixed: The Science Fiction of Human Enhancement": https://www-newday-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/streaming/index.php?film=FIX-01&license=dc66aba50b88fd2def94990cf3c32bad (Links to an external site.)
Week 8 Disability Embodiment & Cyborg Theory:
Monday Readings:
Kafer, A. (2013). The Cyborg and the Crip: Critical Encounters. In Feminist, Queer, Crip. Bloomington: Indiana University Press (pp. 103-128).
Reeve, D. (2012). Cyborgs, Cripples and iCrip: Reflections on the Contribution of Haraway to Disability Studies. In D. Goodley, B. Huges, & L. Davis (Eds.), Disability and Social Theory: New Developments (pp. 91-111). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Wednesday Readings:
Samuels, E. (2011). Two Critical Divides: Judith Butler's Body Theory and the Question of Disability. In K. Q. Hall (Ed.), Feminist Disability Studies (pp. 48-66). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Week 8 Optional Readings and Materials:
Haraway, D. (1988). Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial. Feminist Studies , 575-599.
In class representation analysis materials:
Monday class materials:
Seahawks Editorial:
Seahawks Video:
https://www.seahawks.com/video/nfl-360-i-am-shaquem-griffin (Links to an external site.
USA Today article on Griffin:
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/4/28/17216154/shaquem-griffin-nfl-draft-2018-hand-highlights.
Inspirational Billboards Campaign:
https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-sayings-billboards/34-overcoming (Links to an external site.)
https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-sayings-billboards/44-strength Links to an external site.
https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-sayings-billboards/47-vision (Links to an external site.)
Week 9 Activist Movements & Coalitions:
Monday Readings:
Frohmader, C., & Meekosha. (2012). Recognition, Respect and Rights: Women with Disabilities in a Globalized World. In D. Goodley, B. Hughes, & D. Lennard (Eds.), Disability and Social Theory: New Developments and Directions (pp. 287-307). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sandell, R., & Dodd, J. (2010). Activist Practice. In Re-Representing Disability: Activism and agency in the museum (pp. 3-40). New York: Routledge.
Kafer, A. (2013). Accessible Futures, Future Coalitions, in Feminist, Queer, Crip. Bloomington: Indiana University Press (pp. 149-169).
Week 9 Optional Readings and Materials:
https://longmoreinstitute.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/alice-wong-longmore-lecture-with-video-transcript-storytelling-as-activism-the-politics-of-disability-visibility/ (Links to an external site.)