On the Impossible: Disability Studies, Queer Theory, and the Surviving Crip

Drawing on my personal experiences with chronic pain, depression, and abuse, this essay critiques both the anti-cure strand in disability studies and the anti-relational strand in queer theory. I argue that anti-cure politics evokes a fantasy of the naturally impaired body-mind, a kind of disabled n...

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Main Author: Courtney W. Bailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2019-12-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
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Online Access:https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6580