Synopsis
A feminist study of how American culture and literature construct the disabled body as a deviant spectacle against a normative standard.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workThe 'normate' is a cultural figure defined by marking certain bodies as extraordinary, deviant, and other.
It reveals disability as a representational system of power, not a fixed bodily fact, intertwined with gender and race.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with Disability Theory.
Reading note
Read it for its close cultural and literary readings, watching how representation does political work.
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Disability Theory
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