Category: Misc

• ‘QDA: A Queer Disabled Anthology’- Luczak, Raymond

  Featuring fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and comics by 48 writers from around the world, QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology proves that intersectionality isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a penetrating and unforgettable look into the hearts and souls of those defiant enough to explore their own vulnerabilities and demonstrate their own strengths. “Queer sexuality and disability places…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Essays, Fiction, Genre, L, LGBTQ+, Lyrical, Misc, Misc., Multi-Genre, Non-Fiction, Queer, Short Stories

  Academic, Anthology, Comics, Creative Non-Fiction, Essays, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Multi-Genre, Multiple Contributors, Multiple Disability, Multiple POV, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Politics, Queer, Short Stories, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, The Queer Experience

• ‘Physical Disability in British Romantic Literature’- Joshua, Essaka

  The modern concept of disability did not exist in the Romantic period. This study addresses the anachronistic use of ‘disability’ in scholarship of the Romantic era, providing a disability studies theorized account that explores the relationship between ideas of function and aesthetics. Unpacking the politics of ability, the book reveals the centrality of capacity and…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Historical, J, Literature Studies, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Academic, Britain, British History, Disability History, Disability Studies, English Literature, Essays, Frankenstein, History, Literature Studies, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Read By Archivist, Romantic Literature, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘The Pedagogy of Pathologization’- Annamma, Subini Ancy

  Linking powerful first-person narratives with structural analysis, The Pedagogy of Pathologization explores the construction of criminal identities in schools via the intersections of race, disability, and gender. amid the prevalence of targeted mass incarceration. Focusing uniquely on the pathologization of female students of color, whose voices are frequently engulfed by labels of deviance and disability,…

  The Disability Archives

  16th Nov 2023

  A, Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Sociology

  Academic, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Education, Gender, Gender Politics, Legal Studies, Non-Fiction, POC, Politics, Race, Race Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’- Charlton, James I

  James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, C, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Academic, Activism, Disability Activism, Disability Rights, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘No Right to Be Idle’- Rose, Sarah F.

  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as “unproductive citizens.” Before that, disabled people had contributed as they were able in homes, on farms, and in the wage labor market, reflecting the fact that Americans had long viewed productivity as a spectrum that varied…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, R, Sociology

  Academic, American History, Disability History, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘My Body and Other Crumbling Empires’- Medford, Lyndsey

  We are living in a world that is sick. Both literally sick, with 60 percent of adults in the US living with a chronic illness and rising rates of autoimmune diseases in particular, including long COVID, and figuratively sick, facing ever increasing rates of burnout, anxiety, and disconnection. As a writer, activist, and theology student,…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Behcet’s Syndrome, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Genre, M, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction

  Ableism, Accessibility, Behcet’s Disease, Chronic Illness, Healthcare, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘The Minority Body’- Barnes, Elizabeth

  Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon–a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the…

  The Disability Archives

  24th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability

  Academic, Disability Pride, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Feminsim, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health’- Glickman, Neal S.

  Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health explores the impact of the language deprivation that some deaf individuals experience by not being provided fully accessible language exposure during childhood. Leading experts in Deaf mental health care discuss the implications of language deprivation for a person’s development, communication, cognitive abilities, behavior, and mental health. Beginning with a…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Deaf, Disability, Disability Studies, G, Genre, H, Hearing Disability, Misc, Non-Fiction, Psychology

  Academic, Deaf, Disability Studies, Hearing Disability, Inaccessibility, Language, Language and Communication, Language Development, Language Studies, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’- Skloot, Rebecca

  Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Autobiography, Book Type, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Non-Fiction, S, Terminal Illness

  American History, Biographical, Biopolitics, Black Politics, Body Politics, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability History, Disability Studies, Healthcare, Henrietta Lacks, Journalism, Medical Consent, Medical Justice, Non-Fiction, POC, Racialised Medical Care, Read By Archivist, Science, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Terminal Illness, USA

• ‘It’s Just Nerves’- Davio, Kelly

  “When the body attacks itself, the crisis is not just of bones and blood, but of beauty and boundaries. ‘Strange men have had their hands on me for days,’ Kelly Davio observes during a plasma treatment. Her skillful portrait of myasthenia gravis does not exist in a vacuum. It’s Just Nerves is in keen dialogue…

  The Disability Archives

  19th Oct 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, D, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Myasthenia Gravis, Neurological, Non-Fiction

  Anthology, Body Politics, Disability Representation, Essay Anthology, Essays, Healthcare, Myasthenia Gravis, Nerological Condition, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience