Petra Kuppers

Studying Disability Arts and Culture (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this accessible introduction to the study of Disability Arts and Culture, Petra Kuppers foregrounds themes, artists and theoretical concepts in this diverse field. Complete with case studies, exercises and questions for further study, the book introduces students to the work of disabled artists and their allies, and explores artful responses to living with physical, cognitive, emotional or sensory difference.

Engaging readers as cultural producers, Kuppers provides useful frameworks for critical analysis and encourages students to explore their own positioning within the frames of gender, race, sexuality, class and disability.

Comprehensive and accessible, this is an essential handbook for undergraduate students or anyone interested in disabled bodies and minds in theatre, performance, creative writing, art and dance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137413444
• Artikelnr.: 47897408

Autorenporträt

Petra Kuppers is Professor of English, Theatre and Drama, Art and Design, and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations  Acknowledgements  Preface  PART I  1. Setting Up  2.
Languages of Disability  3. Discourses of Disability  4.
Embodiment/Enmindment: Processes of Living  5. Disability Culture  PART II 
6. Life in the Institution: Discourses at Work and at Play  7. Freak Shows
and the Theatre  8. Disabled Dance and Dancerly Bodies  9. Superheroes and
the Lure of Disability  10. Looking at Autism  11. Classroom Activism and
Resources  12. Appendix: For Teachers  Bibliography  Index.