SLSA: Disability Studies
Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS: 20% OFF BOOKS + FREE SHIPPING
All books below are 40% off using code MNSLSA22. Code expires November 9, 2022.
BROWSE BOOKS:
PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY // ART AND MEDIA // ENVIRONMENT
POLITICS AND ACTIVISM // ANIMALS AND SOCIETY // ANTHROPOLOGY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY // DIGITAL CULTURE // ETHNOGRAPHY
RACE // GENDER AND SEXUALITY // GEOGRAPHY
LITERATURE // LITERARY CRITICISM // DISABILITY STUDIES
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The Architecture of Disability Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access David Gissen 2022 Fall
- A radical critique of architecture that places disability at the heart of the built environment
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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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Therapy Tech The Digital Transformation of Mental Healthcare Emma Bedor Hiland 2021 Fall
- A pointed look at the state of tech-based mental healthcare and what we must do to change it
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Contingent Figure Chronic Pain and Queer Embodiment Michael D. Snediker 2021 Spring
- A masterful synthesis of literary readings and poetic reflections, making profound contributions to our understanding of chronic pain
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Unraveling Remaking Personhood in a Neurodiverse Age Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer 2020 Fall
- Developing a cybernetic model of subjectivity and personhood that honors disability experiences to reconceptualize the category of the human
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Decarcerating Disability Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Liat Ben-Moshe 2020 Spring
- This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration
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Building Access Universal Design and the Politics of Disability Aimi Hamraie 2017 Fall
- Rich with archival images, the first critical history of the Universal Design movement
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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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Against Purity Living Ethically in Compromised Times Alexis Shotwell 2016 Fall
- Why contamination and compromise might be a starting point for doing something, instead of a reason to give up
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The Slumbering Masses Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer 2016 Fall
- An eye-opening look at why a “good night’s sleep” might be anything but
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Made to Hear Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children Laura Mauldin 2016 Spring
- The social consequences of the medicalization of deafness, as seen in the experiences of parents and professionals working with cochlear implants
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Deaf Gain Raising the Stakes for Human Diversity H-Dirksen L. Bauman and Joseph J. Murray, Editors 2014 Fall
- Understanding deafness not as a disability but as a benefit and vital aspect of humanity’s diversity
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Worlds of Autism Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference Joyce Davidson and Michael Orsini, Editors 2013 Fall
- Amid controversies about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of autism, a timely collection of new and critical perspectives on how the disorder is understood and represented
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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