Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body

Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body
- Product Details: Paperback: 202 pages
- Publisher: Verso (December 1, 1995)
- Language: English, ISBN-10: 1859840078, ISBN-13: 978-1859840078
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.7 inches, Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews), Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #440,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books
In this highly original study of the cultural assumptions governing our conception of people with disabilities, Lennard J. Davis argues forcefully against â€œableistâ€ discourse and for a complete recasting of the category of disability itself.

Enforcing NormalcyÂ surveys the emergence of a cluster of concepts around the term â€œnormalâ€ as these matured in western Europe and the United States over the past 250 years. Linking such notions to the concurrent emergence of discourses about the nation, Davis shows how the modern nation-state constructed its identity on the backs not only of colonized subjects, but of its physically disabled minority. In a fascinating chapter on contemporary cultural theory, Davis explores the pitfalls of privileging the figure of sight in conceptualizing the nature of textuality. And in a treatment of nudes and fragmented bodies in Western art, he shows how the ideal of physical wholeness is both demanded and denied in the classical aesthetics of representation.

Enforcing NormalcyÂ redraws the boundaries of political and cultural discourse. By insisting that disability be added to the familiar triad of race, class and gender, the book challenges progressives to expand the limits of their thinking about human oppression.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1995-12-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781859840078

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	unknown
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1995-12-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781859840078

Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body

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