{"product_id":"disability-theory-9780472050390","title":"Disability Theory","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDisability Theory by Tobin Siebers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisability Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e represents a groundbreaking contribution to disability studies and critical theory. Written by Tobin Siebers, V. L. Parrington Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, this influential academic text revolutionizes theoretical discourse by demonstrating the transformative value of disability studies perspectives on fundamental cultural and critical questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCore Academic Focus\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis scholarly work addresses essential tensions within disability studies, including the relationship between the social model of disability and the material realities of impairment. Siebers provides rigorous analyses of identity politics, capability rights, human interdependence, disability and law, disability as masquerade, disability and sexuality, and disability and democracy. The text challenges basic assumptions about identity, ideology, language, politics, social oppression, and the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eInterdisciplinary Approach\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisability Theory advances the field by engaging core disability studies issues with signal thinkers across multiple disciplines. The book connects disability studies with cultural studies, literary theory, queer theory, gender studies, and critical race theory, making it relevant for scholars across humanities and social sciences. This interdisciplinary framework makes the text valuable for graduate studies and contemporary theory courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCritical Reception\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDisability Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is just the book we've been waiting for. Clear, cogent, compelling analyses of the tension between the 'social model' of disability and the material details of impairment; of identity politics and unstable identities; of capability rights and human interdependence; of disability and law, disability as masquerade, disability and sexuality, disability and democracy---they're all here, in beautifully crafted and intellectually startling essays. \u003ci\u003eDisability Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is a field-defining book: and if you're curious about what 'disability' has to do with 'theory,' it's just the book you've been waiting for, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDisability Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is magisterially written, thoroughly researched, and polemically powerful. It will be controversial in a number of areas and will probably ruffle feathers both in disability studies as well as in realms of cultural theory. And that's all to the good.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Michael Davidson, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Not only is \u003ci\u003eDisability Theory\u003c\/i\u003e a groundbreaking contribution to disability studies, it is also a bold, ambitious and much needed revision to a number of adjacent and overlapping fields including cultural studies, literary theory, queer theory, and critical race studies. Siebers has written a powerful manifesto that calls theory to account and forces readers to think beyond our comfort zones.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Helen Deutsch, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by University of Michigan Press as part of the Corporealities: Discourses of Disability series. The paperback edition features cover art \"Pattern\" by Riva Lehrer, acrylic on panel, 18\" X 24\", 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tobin Siebers is V. L. Parrington Collegiate Professor, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.\u003cbr\u003eVisit the author's website at: http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/tobin\/html\/\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680626610450,"sku":"9780472050390","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8191576c-41d9-4d9d-8bbf-07cbf03bed16.jpg?v=1734923373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/disability-theory-9780472050390","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}