Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory Export

@article{citeulike:6018444, abstract = {This essay aims to amplify feminist theory by articulating and fostering feminist disability theory. It names feminist disability studies as an academic field of inquiry, describes work that is already underway, calls for needed study and sets an agenda for future work in feminist disability studies. Feminist disability theory augments the terms and confronts the limits of the ways we understand human diversity, the materiality of the body, multiculturalism, and the social formations that interpret bodily differences. The essay asserts that integrating disability as a category of analysis and a system of representation deepens, expands, and challenges feminist theory. To elaborate on these premises, the essay discusses four fundamental and interpenetrating domains of feminist theory: representation, the body, identity, and activism, suggesting some critical inquiries that considering disability can generate within these theoretical arenas.}, author = {Thomson, Rosemarie G.}, citeulike-article-id = {6018444}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4316922}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4316922}, doi = {10.2307/4316922}, issn = {10400656}, journal = {NWSA Journal}, keywords = {cultural\_studies, disability, discourse, discourse\_analysis}, number = {3}, pages = {1--32}, posted-at = {2009-10-28 13:09:15}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The Johns Hopkins University Press}, title = {Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4316922}, volume = {14}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6018444 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6018444 N2 - This essay aims to amplify feminist theory by articulating and fostering feminist disability theory. It names feminist disability studies as an academic field of inquiry, describes work that is already underway, calls for needed study and sets an agenda for future work in feminist disability studies. Feminist disability theory augments the terms and confronts the limits of the ways we understand human diversity, the materiality of the body, multiculturalism, and the social formations that interpret bodily differences. The essay asserts that integrating disability as a category of analysis and a system of representation deepens, expands, and challenges feminist theory. To elaborate on these premises, the essay discusses four fundamental and interpenetrating domains of feminist theory: representation, the body, identity, and activism, suggesting some critical inquiries that considering disability can generate within these theoretical arenas. IS - 3 JF - NWSA Journal SN - 10400656 EP - 32 TI - Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory PB - The Johns Hopkins University Press VL - 14 SP - 1 KW - cultural_studies KW - disability KW - discourse KW - discourse_analysis AU - Thomson, Rosemarie PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4316922 ER -