{"product_id":"mobilizing-metaphor-9780774832793","title":"Mobilizing Metaphor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMobilizing Metaphor\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how radical and unconventional forms of activism, including art, are reshaping the rich and vibrant tradition of disability mobilization in Canada  and in the process, challenging perceptions of disability and the politics that surround it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil now, research on Canadian disability activism has focused on legal and policy spheres and overlooked how disability activism is as varied as the population it represents. \u003cem\u003eMobilizing Metaphor\u003c\/em\u003e combines contributions by artists, activists, and academics (including an insightful concluding chapter by renowned disability scholar Tanya Titchkoksy) with rich illustrations and photographs to reveal how disability art is distinctive as both art and social action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the contributors sketch the shifting contours of disability politics in Canada and show how disability oppression is not isolated from other prejudices, they challenge us to re-examine how we enact social and political change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Mobilizing Metaphor \/ \u003cem\u003eChristine Kelly and Michael Orsini\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Assemblages of Disability Research, Art, and Social Transformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Fixing: The Claiming and Reclaiming of Disability History \/ \u003cem\u003eCatherine Frazee, Kathryn Church, and Melanie Panitch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Imagining Otherwise: The Ephemeral Spaces of Envisioning New Meanings \/ \u003cem\u003eCarla Rice, Eliza Chandler, and Nadine Changfoot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 PosterVirus: Claiming Sexual Autonomy for People with HIV through Collective Action \/ \u003cem\u003eAlexander McClelland and Jessica Whitbread\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Deaf and Disability Arts: Insiders, Outsiders, and the Potential of Progressive Studios \/ \u003cem\u003eKristin Nelson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 “It Fell on Deaf Ears”: Deafhood through the Graphic Signed Novel as a Form of Artivism \/ \u003cem\u003eVéro Leduc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Artistic Paths to Disability Activism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 (Dis)quiet in the Peanut Gallery: Performing Social Justice through Integrated Dance \/ \u003cem\u003eLindsay Eales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Battle Lines Drawn: Creative Resistance to Ableism through Online Media \/ \u003cem\u003eJeffrey Preston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Deconstructing Phonocentrism: A New Genre in Deaf Arts \/ \u003cem\u003ePaula Bath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Crip the Light Fantastic: Art as Liminal Emancipatory Practice in the Twenty-First Century \/ \u003cem\u003ejes sachse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Claiming “the Masters” for Disability Rights: An Artist’s Journey \/ \u003cem\u003eDiane Driedger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Rethinking Agency in Canadian Disability Movements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Perching as a Strategy for Seeking Legitimacy for Broken Embodiments: Embracing Biomedical Claims for ME \/ \u003cem\u003ePamela Moss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Challenging Rhetorical Indifference with a Cripped Poetry of Witness \/ \u003cem\u003eJen Rinaldi and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003enancy viva davis halifax\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The Body as Resistance Art\/ifact: Disability Activism during the 2012 Quebec Student Movement \/ \u003cem\u003eGabriel Blouin Genest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Divided No More: The Toronto Disability Pride March and the Challenges of Inclusive Organizing \/ \u003cem\u003eMelissa Graham and Kevin Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Accountability, Agency, and Absence: Embodying Radical Disability Values in Artistic Production \/ \u003cem\u003eDrew Danielle Belsky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Politics of Embracing Disability Metaphor \/ \u003cem\u003eTanya Titchkosky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MN - 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