Kuppers Studying Disability Arts and Culture

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-41344-4
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

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.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuppers, Petra

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Petra Kuppers is Professor of English, Theatre and Drama, Art and Design, and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, USA. She also teaches on the low-residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College. She is the author of The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art, Community Performance: An Introduction and Disability Culture and Community Performance, amongst other titles.