I think Judith's point is very well put.
At 04:21 PM 10/20/1999 +0100, you wrote:
>To list:
>
>Responce on the issue of non-disabled
>people v disabled people concerning
>publicasions and reprentation:
>
>As a disabled person, I feel that of course
>disablility issues should be represented by
>disabled people, but then there could be a
>problem of the level of awarness with that
>disabled person. Sometimes the awarness
>level of the non-disabled person is higher then
>the disabled person. Therefore I truly feel, as
>a person (puting my ability aside), that the
>most apropreate person is the best person for
>the job. I would hope that it would be a
>disabled person, but I would not want to
>discriminate against someone because they
>were non-disabled.
>
>When it comes to Singer, I think he needs
>both a disabled person and a non-disabled
>person to debate with. (Of course these 2
>people would be disability activtist.) My
>reasons for this are quite simple. A non-
>disabled person could argue on the "same
>level", meaning a non-disabled person
>debating with a non-disabled person on the
>disabled person's right to live. And the visual
>impact of a disabled person debating with
>Singer. Let's see how Singer would react to
>looking at a disabled person to say "You don't
>have the right to live." or has he already?
>
>I would love to see a debate between Singer
>and Tom Shakespere. ;-)
>
>What do you think,
>Judith
>
>
>
>>Mairian wrote:
>>In the PUBLIC domain, the cultural
>production of the field of Disability
>>Studies is primarily defined by its texts, and
>publications are also a mark
>>of status in the academy. I've asked this
>question before and people
>>continously avoid it. How many substantial,
>sole-authored texts in
>>Disability Studies in the USA are written by
>disabled academics, what is
>>the balance of disabled/non-disabled
>contributors in edited collections,
>>and how often is disabled people's writing
>used for illustrative purposes
>>rather than allowed to stand in its own right?
>In terms of book sales,
>>which books sell the most? I think that if you
>tot up the figures, you
>>might understand why I agree with Simi. I
>worry about people who take on
>>the cause of disabled people's inequality but
>at the same time appear to
>>want to justify and perpetuate the
>institutionalised culture of inequality
>>in the academy. That seems to be more
>inconsistent than anything I've said
>>so far.
>
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Best,
Lennard J. Davis
Professor and Graduate Director
Department of English
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902
607-777-2770 Fax: 607-777-2408
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