Collection: Disability Studies 2022

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BROWSE BOOKS BY CATEGORY:

SOCIAL JUSTICE   //    RACE    //    GENDER AND GLBT STUDIES    //    EDUCATION 

SOCIOLOGY   //    CRIMINAL JUSTICE    //    THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY    //    LAW 

MEMOIR   //    ILLNESS    //    DEAF STUDIES    //    PSYCHOLOGY    //    PSYCHIATRY

ART   //    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY    //    DESIGN    //    DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Dorsality: Thinking Back through Technology and Politics Dorsality Thinking Back through Technology and Politics David Wills 2008 Spring
An ambitious investigation of what lurks behind our humanity and our technology
The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer: Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism Maren Klawiter 2008 Spring
A richly textured analysis of the body politics of breast cancer activism
Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy Bíos Biopolitics and Philosophy Roberto Esposito 2008 Spring
A significant political theorist advances the discussion of biopolitics
Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943 Medicine by Design The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943 Annmarie Adams 2007 Fall
Reveals the impact of hospital design on early twentieth-century medicine
Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking Open Your Eyes Deaf Studies Talking H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Editor 2007 Fall
A landmark work on the history, future, and implications of deaf studies
Treatments: Language, Politics, and the Culture of Illness Treatments Language, Politics, and the Culture of Illness Lisa Diedrich 2007 Spring
Delving into the controversial relationship between illness and art, philosophy and politics
The Poetics of DNA The Poetics of DNA Judith Roof 2007 Spring
Reveals the ideological effects of DNA metaphors and stories
The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States The Architecture of Madness Insane Asylums in the United States Carla Yanni 2007 Spring
From Kirkbride buildings to cottages, a fascinating tour through America’s nineteenth-century mental hospitals
The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art The Scar of Visibility Medical Performances and Contemporary Art Petra Kuppers 2006 Fall
Grapples with the limits of medicine and the mysteries of human bodies in contemporary art and culture
Politics of Touch: Sense, Movement, Sovereignty Politics of Touch Sense, Movement, Sovereignty Erin Manning 2006 Fall
Detects the political event that occurs whenever two people touch
The Aesthetics of Disengagement: Contemporary Art and Depression The Aesthetics of Disengagement Contemporary Art and Depression Christine Ross 2005 Spring
Reveals how artists engage the scientific notion of depression
Twitch and Shout: A Touretter’s Tale Twitch and Shout A Touretter’s Tale Lowell Handler 2004 Fall
The remarkable memoir of a Touretter’s journey of self-discovery—now back in print!
City of Plagues: Disease, Poverty, and Deviance in San Francisco City of Plagues Disease, Poverty, and Deviance in San Francisco Susan Craddock 2004 Spring
An eye-opening discussion of the ways disease shapes urban society
Biomedia Biomedia Eugene Thacker 2004 Spring
The merging of computer science and molecular biology, genetic codes and computer codes
Monstrosities: Bodies and British Romanticism Monstrosities Bodies and British Romanticism Paul Youngquist 2003 Fall
A surprising evaluation of the role of the physical body in the construction of British identity
Calibrations: Reading for the Social Calibrations Reading for the Social Ato Quayson 2003 Fall
Proposes an entirely new socially and politically conscious way of reading
Wetwares: Experiments in Postvital Living Wetwares Experiments in Postvital Living Richard Doyle 2003 Spring
A dizzying tour of the ways technologies, both real and imagined, can transform humanity
American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism American Eugenics Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism Nancy Ordover 2003 Spring
Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life
Identity/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox Identity/Difference Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox William E. Connolly 2002 Fall
A new edition of this classic work on the idea of difference.
Neuropolitics: Thinking, Culture, Speed Neuropolitics Thinking, Culture, Speed William E. Connolly 2002 Fall
A surprising exploration of connections between culture, neuroscience, and our experience of time.
Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood Crisis of Desire AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood Robin Hardy and David Groff 2002 Spring
A passionate call for liberation from the myths surrounding HIV—now in paperback!
Metamorphoses of the Body Metamorphoses of the Body José Gil 1998 Spring
Explores the relationship between power and the body.
Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine’s Visual Culture Screening the Body Tracing Medicine’s Visual Culture Lisa Cartwright 1995 Spring
Traces the fascinating history of scientific film during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and shows that early experiments with cinema are important precedents of contemporary medical techniques such as ultrasound. Lisa Cartwright brings to light eccentric projects in the history of science and medicine, such as Thomas Edison's sensational attempt to image the brain with X rays before a public audience, and the efforts of doctors to use the motion picture camera to capture movements of the body, from the virtually imperceptible flow of blood to epileptic seizures.
Ten Theses for an Aesthetics of Politics Ten Theses for an Aesthetics of Politics Davide Panagia 2016 Fall
Reckoning the unsettled relationship between aesthetics and politics