2nd Edition
Cultural Disability Studies in Education Interdisciplinary Navigations of the Normative Divide
Prologue. Non-normative Ontology: Social Aesthetics and Identity Pedagogics 1. Novel Thinking: Disability, Literature, and the Classic Forbidden Romance 2. Visions from the Yellow Decade: Disability, Aesthetics, and Residual Existence 3. From Sideshow to Cinema: Disability, Film, and Horrification 4. Remembering the Drowned and the Saved: Disability, Holocaust, and the Inadequacies of Representation 5. In the Log House: Disability, Gender, and Resistance to Social Norms 6. Stuff Happens: Disability, Happiness, and the Pursuit of Cure 7. End of the Rock Star: Disability, Music, and the Passage of Time 8. One of the Crowd: Disability, Humour, and the Contradictions of Comedy 9. On the Campaign Trail: Disability, Media, and Levels of Representation 10. Out of Touch: Disability, Radio, and Complex Otherness Epilogue. Disability and Disciplines: Learning, Teaching, and Reflecting
Biography
David Bolt is Director of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies and Program Lead of the Disability Studies MA at Liverpool Hope University.
"In this revised edition, Professor Bolt captures the astonishing breadth of cultural sites where disability studies can do its work and bring its distinctive critical insights to life. Inciting conversations across literature, film, radio, and beyond, makes this book a captivating and essential resource for anyone interested in how disability is represented."
— Tanya Titchkosky, Social Justice Education, OISE of the Univeristy of Toronto.
"Bolt’s scholarly work contributes uniquely to the field of critical disability studies exploring representations of disability in ways which are important and relevant to scholars from a wide range of disciplines."
— Nicola Martin, Professor of Social Justice and Inclusive Education. Director of Building Future Communities Research Centre. Visiting Professor University of Northampton. Senior Fellow HEA, National Teaching Fellow and a Fellow of the RSA.
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