Disability Studies
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<jats:p>This chapter reviews three books published in 2018 centering on disability
and resistance. It is organized into five sections. The first, ‘Resistance, Disability,
and Democracy’, summarizes debates about the political obligations of disability studies,
and outlines how disability justice is replacing the former emphasis on rights. The
second section, ‘Academic Perspectives’, reviews the provocative collection Manifestos
for the Future of Critical Disability Studies, volume 1, identifying areas of contention
and raising questions about the field’s current direction. The third section, ‘Activist
Perspectives’, reviews Alice Wong’s collection Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled
People. The fourth section, ‘Beyond Identity’, reviews Robert McRuer’s Crip Times:
Disability, Globalization, and Resistance. The concluding section, ‘An Abbreviated
Manifesto’, asserts the vital role of disability justice in establishing alternatives
to neoliberalism, resisting tyranny, and achieving democracy.</jats:p>
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10.1093/ywcct/mbz015Publication Info
Quirici, Marion (n.d.). Disability Studies. The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory. 10.1093/ywcct/mbz015. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19175.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Marion L Quirici
Lecturing Fellow of Thompson Writing Program
Marion Quirici is a Lecturing Fellow in the Thompson Writing Program and Co-director
of the Health Humanities Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute. Through the Health
Humanities Lab, Dr. Quirici runs an interdisciplinary faculty working group called
the Disability and Access Initiative. Her research, situated in disability studies
and Irish studies, examines the role of disability stereotypes and fears of degeneration
in nationalist ideologies.Dr. Quirici is a recipient of t
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