Contemporary art and disability studies / edited by Alice Wexler and John Derby.
"This book presents interdisciplinary scholarship on art and visual culture that explores disability in terms of lived experience. It will expand critical disability studies scholarship on representation and embodiment, which is theoretically rich, but lacking in attention to art. The volume is...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2020.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in art and visual studies.
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| Summary: | "This book presents interdisciplinary scholarship on art and visual culture that explores disability in terms of lived experience. It will expand critical disability studies scholarship on representation and embodiment, which is theoretically rich, but lacking in attention to art. The volume is organized in five thematic parts: access, agency, and empowerment; social practices within communities of disabled artists; visual representations of disabled artists; negotiating the outsider label; and first person life writing. The book will be of interest to scholars who study disability studies, art history, art education, gender studies, museum studies, and visual culture"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 248 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429260902 0429260903 9780429536496 0429536496 9780429551192 0429551193 0429523025 9780429523021 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2020) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Alice Wexler is Professor Emerita of Art Education at SUNY New Paltz. John Derby was an independent scholar, secondary art and postsecondary art educator for over 20 years. |