Description
In this accessible introduction to the study of Disability Arts and Culture, Petra Kuppers foregrounds themes, artists and theoretical concepts in this diverse field. Complete with case studies, exercises and questions for further study, the book introduces students to the work of disabled artists and their allies, and explores artful responses to living with physical, cognitive, emotional or sensory difference.
Engaging readers as cultural producers, Kuppers provides useful frameworks for critical analysis and encourages students to explore their own positioning within the frames of gender, race, sexuality, class and disability.
Comprehensive and accessible, this is an essential handbook for undergraduate students or anyone interested in disabled bodies and minds in theatre, performance, creative writing, art and dance.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART I
1. Setting Up
2. Languages of Disability
3. Discourses of Disability
4. Embodiment/Enmindment: Processes of Living
5. Disability Culture
PART II
6. Life in the Institution: Discourses at Work and at Play
7. Freak Shows and the Theatre
8. Disabled Dance and Dancerly Bodies
9. Superheroes and the Lure of Disability
10. Looking at Autism
11. Classroom Activism and Resources
12. Appendix: For Teachers
Bibliography
Index.
Product details
| Published | 16 Sep 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 204 |
| ISBN | 9781137413444 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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