Kate,
Following up on Carol's email--in terms of anthropology and disability,there
is a lot of good anthro stuff just coming out or about to come out. But in
the past, I have found John Davis', Patrick Devlieger's and Henri Stiker's
work to be some of the most theoretically exciting.
If you are interested in my recent work on anthro and disability, which
deals among other things with anthro theory and disability (also some
disability studies) I have an article, "Disability/Difference" just out in
the Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology. Also, Devva Kasnitz and I have an
article that is in-press in Medical Anthropology Quarterly, "Stigma,
Community, Ethnography: Joan Ablon's Contributions to the Anthropology of
Impairment-Disability." Another you might find relevant is "Multiple Roles,
Statuses and Allegiances: Exploring the Ethnographic Process in Disability
Culture." This article is a more anthropological version of a previous paper
that was in DSQ. It is currently in press and will be in the edited volume,
Awkward Spaces, Productive Places I have these on my hard drive and could
send them to you if you find this stuff useful. If so please contact me
off-line. Devva Kasnitz and I also have 2 chapters in our edited volume,
Engaging Anthropology In Disability Studies. One that engages anthro theory
and disability studies theory around some central concepts/issues, and the
other that proposes our sociocultural model of impairment-disability that we
have been presenting at various conferences recently. These two articles are
currently undergoing some final editing so aren't available from us yet. You
might also check out the articles below. Good luck,
Russell
Russell Shuttleworth
Human Sexuality Studies
San Francisco State University
(2003)
Shuttleworth, R. and Kasnitz, D. Special Topics in Social/Cultural
Anthropology: Anthropology & Disability. In Instructional Materials for
Sociology and Disability Studies, Edited by Lynn Schlesinger, Plattsburgh
State University of New York, and Diane E. Taub, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale, ASA Teaching Resources Center, 1722 N Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 833-3410.
(2001)
Kasnitz, D., and Shuttleworth, R. Anthropology and Disability Studies. In
Semiotics and Dis/ability: Interrogating the Categories of Difference. Beth
Swadener and Linda Rogers, Editors. New York: SUNY Press.
(1999) Kasnitz, D., and Shuttleworth, R. Engaging Anthropology in Disability
Studies. Position Paper. Oakland: World Institute on Disability.
>From: Carol Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Carol Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: theory and disability texts
>Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:43:44 +1300
>
>Hi Kate
>
>I'm not sure about key texts, but for my PhD I am finding many of
>Shelley Tremain's ideas thoughtful and challenging, particularly in
>the area of connection between disability/postmodernism and
>disability/post-feminism, as I have Russell Shuttleworth's
>connections between disability and aspects of anthropological
>theorising, and Mairian Corker's explorations of intersections of
>disability/discourse.
>
>I don't have specific references to give you here but have posted
>this to all, as I know they are somewhere on this list and may be
>able to point to more specific articles for your exam. Good luck.
>Cheers Carol
>
>At 5:43 PM -0500 23/1/04, Kate Kaul wrote:
>>Hello, everybody.
>>
>>
>>
>>I am in the process of preparing a list of texts (books or essays) for
>>my PhD comprehensive exam. Do any of you have suggestions for crucial
>>texts in disability theory? I'm especially interested in (and working
>>on) connections between disability theory and law, philosophy, literary
>>theory, feminist theory, rights discourses. but the emphasis is
>>definitely on theory. I'm curious about what other people think are
>>key texts.
>>
>
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