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