2. CRIPS STRIKE BACK: THE RISE OF DISABILITY STUDIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD: SIDE SHOWS AND BACK BENDS vii
4. INTRODUCTION. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY: THEY ARE YOU 1
5. 1. THE END OF IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE BEGINNING OF DISMODERNISM: ON DISABILITY AS AN UNSTABLE CATEGORY 9
6. 2. CRIPS STRIKE BACK: THE RISE OF DISABILITY STUDIES 33
7. 3. DR. JOHNSON, AMELIA, AND THE DISCOURSE OF DISABILITY 47
8. 4. CRIMINAL STATEMENTS: HOMOSEXUALITY AND TEXTUALITY IN THE ACCOUNT OF JAN SVILT— EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SHIPWRECKED SAILOR 67
9. 5. WHO PUT THE THE IN THE NOVEL? IDENTITY POLITICS AND DISABILITY IN NOVEL STUDIES 79
10. 6. THE RULE OF NORMALCY. POLITICS AND DISABILITY IN THE U.S.A. [UNITED STATES OF ABILITY] 102
11. 7. BENDING OVER BACKWARDS. NARCISSISM, THE ADA, AND THE COURTS 119
12. 8. GO TO THE MARGINS OF THE CLASS. DISABILITY AND HATE CRIMES 145
13. 9. A VOYAGE OUT (OR IS IT BACK?). CLASS AND DISABILITY IN MY LIFE 158
14. NOTES 165
15. INDEX 191
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 201