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Mobilizing Metaphor illustrates how radical and unconventional forms of activism, including art, are reshaping the vibrant tradition of disability activism in Canada, challenging perceptions of disability and the politics that surround it.

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Introduction

Introduction: Mobilizing Metaphor / Christine Kelly and Michael Orsini

Part 1: Assemblages of Disability Research, Art, and Social Transformation

1 Fixing: The Claiming and Reclaiming of Disability History / Catherine Frazee, Kathryn Church, and Melanie Panitch

2 Imagining Otherwise: The Ephemeral Spaces of Envisioning New Meanings / Carla Rice, Eliza Chandler, and Nadine Changfoot

3 PosterVirus: Claiming Sexual Autonomy for People with HIV through Collective Action / Alexander McClelland and Jessica Whitbread

4 Deaf and Disability Arts: Insiders, Outsiders, and the Potential of Progressive Studios / Kristin Nelson

5 “It Fell on Deaf Ears”: Deafhood through the Graphic Signed Novel as a Form of Artivism / Véro Leduc

Part 2: Artistic Paths to Disability Activism

6 (Dis)quiet in the Peanut Gallery: Performing Social Justice through Integrated Dance / Lindsay Eales

7 Battle Lines Drawn: Creative Resistance to Ableism through Online Media / Jeffrey Preston

8 Deconstructing Phonocentrism: A New Genre in Deaf Arts / Paula Bath

9 Crip the Light Fantastic: Art as Liminal Emancipatory Practice in the Twenty-First Century / jes sachse

10 Claiming “the Masters” for Disability Rights: An Artist’s Journey / Diane Driedger

Part 3: Rethinking Agency in Canadian Disability Movements

11 Perching as a Strategy for Seeking Legitimacy for Broken Embodiments: Embracing Biomedical Claims for ME / Pamela Moss

12 Challenging Rhetorical Indifference with a Cripped Poetry of Witness / Jen Rinaldi and nancy viva davis halifax

13 The Body as Resistance Art/ifact: Disability Activism during the 2012 Quebec Student Movement / Gabriel Blouin Genest

14 Divided No More: The Toronto Disability Pride March and the Challenges of Inclusive Organizing / Melissa Graham and Kevin Jackson

15 Accountability, Agency, and Absence: Embodying Radical Disability Values in Artistic Production / Drew Danielle Belsky

Conclusion: The Politics of Embracing Disability Metaphor / Tanya Titchkosky

Index

Mobilizing Metaphor Art Culture and Disability

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      Publisher: MN - University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780774832809, 978-0774832809
      ISBN10: 0774832800
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      Disability: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mobilizing Metaphor illustrates how radical and unconventional forms of activism, including art, are reshaping the vibrant tradition of disability activism in Canada, challenging perceptions of disability and the politics that surround it.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Introduction: Mobilizing Metaphor / Christine Kelly and Michael Orsini

      Part 1: Assemblages of Disability Research, Art, and Social Transformation

      1 Fixing: The Claiming and Reclaiming of Disability History / Catherine Frazee, Kathryn Church, and Melanie Panitch

      2 Imagining Otherwise: The Ephemeral Spaces of Envisioning New Meanings / Carla Rice, Eliza Chandler, and Nadine Changfoot

      3 PosterVirus: Claiming Sexual Autonomy for People with HIV through Collective Action / Alexander McClelland and Jessica Whitbread

      4 Deaf and Disability Arts: Insiders, Outsiders, and the Potential of Progressive Studios / Kristin Nelson

      5 “It Fell on Deaf Ears”: Deafhood through the Graphic Signed Novel as a Form of Artivism / Véro Leduc

      Part 2: Artistic Paths to Disability Activism

      6 (Dis)quiet in the Peanut Gallery: Performing Social Justice through Integrated Dance / Lindsay Eales

      7 Battle Lines Drawn: Creative Resistance to Ableism through Online Media / Jeffrey Preston

      8 Deconstructing Phonocentrism: A New Genre in Deaf Arts / Paula Bath

      9 Crip the Light Fantastic: Art as Liminal Emancipatory Practice in the Twenty-First Century / jes sachse

      10 Claiming “the Masters” for Disability Rights: An Artist’s Journey / Diane Driedger

      Part 3: Rethinking Agency in Canadian Disability Movements

      11 Perching as a Strategy for Seeking Legitimacy for Broken Embodiments: Embracing Biomedical Claims for ME / Pamela Moss

      12 Challenging Rhetorical Indifference with a Cripped Poetry of Witness / Jen Rinaldi and nancy viva davis halifax

      13 The Body as Resistance Art/ifact: Disability Activism during the 2012 Quebec Student Movement / Gabriel Blouin Genest

      14 Divided No More: The Toronto Disability Pride March and the Challenges of Inclusive Organizing / Melissa Graham and Kevin Jackson

      15 Accountability, Agency, and Absence: Embodying Radical Disability Values in Artistic Production / Drew Danielle Belsky

      Conclusion: The Politics of Embracing Disability Metaphor / Tanya Titchkosky

      Index

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