Disability Studies: Art
Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the annual meeting of the Society for Disability Studies. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS: 40% OFF BOOKS
All books below are 40% off using code MN89030. Code expires June 1, 2022.
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
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Viral Cultures Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS Marika Cifor 2022 Spring
- Delves deep into the archives that keep the history and work of AIDS activism alive
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Mediating Alzheimer’s Cognition and Personhood Scott Selberg 2022 Spring
- An exploration of the representational culture of Alzheimer’s disease and how media technologies shape our ideas of cognition and aging
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Eco Soma Pain and Joy in Speculative Performance Encounters Petra Kuppers 2021 Fall
- Modeling a disability culture perspective on performance practice toward socially just futures
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Assuming the Ecosexual Position The Earth as Lover Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens 2021 Spring
- The story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement, their diverse communities, and the Earth
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The Responsive Environment Design, Aesthetics, and the Human in the 1970s Larry D. Busbea 2019 Fall
- How new conceptions of human–environment interaction became central to design theories and practices in the 1970s
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Unapologetic Beauty Joanna Frueh 2019 Spring
- A startlingly powerful collaboration reimagines female beauty
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Making Things and Drawing Boundaries Experiments in the Digital Humanities Jentery Sayers, Editor 2017 Fall
- A major new look at why art, digitization, and design are vital to “making” in the humanities
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Indirect Action Schizophrenia, Epilepsy, AIDS, and the Course of Health Activism Lisa Diedrich 2016 Fall
- The interconnectedness of illness, thought, and activism prior to the arrival of AIDS in the United States
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Object-Oriented Feminism Katherine Behar, Editor 2016 Fall
- A discipline-expanding book that explores the political and ethical potential of being an object
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Mechademia 9 Origins Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2014 Fall
- Explores and challenges the origins of manga, anime, and Japanese popular culture
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The Freak-garde Extraordinary Bodies and Revolutionary Art in America Robin Blyn 2013 Fall
- Why and how the freak show inspires some of the most revolutionary experiments in American art in the twentieth century
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Diane Arbus’s 1960s Auguries of Experience Frederick Gross 2012 Spring
- Looking past the myth of Diane Arbus to the depth of her achievement within the artistic, intellectual, and social currents of the 1960s
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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
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The Aesthetics of Disengagement Contemporary Art and Depression Christine Ross 2005 Spring
- Reveals how artists engage the scientific notion of depression