Crip Genealogies
Crip Genealogies
edited by Mel Y. Chen, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim and Julie Avril Minich
foreword by Therí Alyce Pickens
Duke University Press, 2023
ISBNs
Cloth: 978-1-4780-1658-8
Paper: 978-1-4780-1922-0
eISBN: 978-1-4780-9372-5 (OA)
eISBN: 978-1-4780-2385-2 (standard)
About the Book
The contributors to Crip Genealogies reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship and activism. They challenge the white, Western, and Northern rights-based genealogy of disability studies, showing how a single coherent narrative of the field is a mode of exclusion that relies on logics of whiteness and imperialism. The contributors examine how disability justice activists work in concert with other social justice projects, explore crip environments, create alternate disciplinary genealogies, and reject notions of the model minority. Throughout, they demonstrate how the mandate for a single genealogy of the discipline whitewashes disability and continues forms of violence. By cripping disability studies, the contributors allow for divergent histories, the coexistence of anti-ableist and antiracist theorizing, and a radically just and capacious understanding of disability.
Contributors. Suzanne Bost, Mel Y. Chen, Sony Coráñez Bolton, Natalia Duong, Lezlie Frye, Magda García, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim, Yoo-suk Kim, Kateřina Kolářová, James Kyung-Jin Lee, Stacey Park Milbern, Julie Avril Minich, Tari Young-Jung Na, Therí A. Pickens, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Jasbir K. Puar, Sami Schalk, Faith Njahîra Wangarî
Contributors. Suzanne Bost, Mel Y. Chen, Sony Coráñez Bolton, Natalia Duong, Lezlie Frye, Magda García, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim, Yoo-suk Kim, Kateřina Kolářová, James Kyung-Jin Lee, Stacey Park Milbern, Julie Avril Minich, Tari Young-Jung Na, Therí A. Pickens, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Jasbir K. Puar, Sami Schalk, Faith Njahîra Wangarî
About the Author
Mel Y. Chen is Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Alison Kafer is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and English at the University of Texas at Austin.
Eunjung Kim is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Disability Studies at Syracuse University.
Julie Avril Minich is Associate Professor of English and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Therí A. Pickens is Professor of English at Bates College.
Alison Kafer is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and English at the University of Texas at Austin.
Eunjung Kim is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Disability Studies at Syracuse University.
Julie Avril Minich is Associate Professor of English and Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Therí A. Pickens is Professor of English at Bates College.
Reviews
-- Karla J. Strand Ms.
"This is an essential anthology that challenges the existing (white, Western/Northern, imperialist) frameworks of disability studies in favor of lenses focused on transnational feminism and queer/trans of color critique and activism."
-- Karla J. Strand Ms.
"Through its insightful introduction and a collection of well-crafted essays, the book guides readers to critically examine disability studies' white-centric, English-focused, and US-based tendencies. . . . By bridging disability studies, critical race and ethnicity studies, and transnational scholarship, this volume will resonate not only with scholars in these fields but also with anyone seeking to understand the connections between disability and systematic violence, , as well as the ways ableism shapes everyday life."
-- Qianqian Li E3W Review of Books
-- Qianqian Li E3W Review of Books
"This collection, in short, offers a necessary and radical rethinking of what anti-ableist and antiracist scholarship can look like, what forms it can take, and whose voices it can prioritize."
-- Caroline Hensley Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
-- Caroline Hensley Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
"This lively volume calls for an expansive, open field of crip and disability scholarship, advocacy, activism, oriented toward a future of radical generosity and justice."
-- Sophia Booth Magnone Visual Studies
-- Sophia Booth Magnone Visual Studies
"For readers unfamiliar with disability justice or disability studies, the intro is a great primer on the contradictions in which authors in the field now find themselves. . . . The goal of Crip Genealogies is to read the oppressive and liberatory elements of disability studies in dialogue with one another, and on this front, the introduction—and the collection—succeed mightily."
-- Jonathan Sterne American Literary History
-- Jonathan Sterne American Literary History
Tags
ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise, Disability studies, People with disabilities in literature, Disability, Political activity, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Social Science
Open Access Information
Label: University of Texas
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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