Bending Over Backwards
Essays on Disability and the Body
By Lennard J. Davis, Michael Bérubé | Publisher: NYU Press
About the book
With the advent of the human genome, cloning, stem-cell research and many other developments in the way we think of the body, disability studies provides an entirely new way of thinking about the body in its relation to politics, the environment, the legal system, and global economies.
Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics. Throughout, he maintains that disability is the prime category of postmodernity because it redefines the body in relation to concepts of normalcy, which underlie the very foundations of democracy and humanistic ideas about the body.
Bending Over Backwards argues that disability can become the new prism through which postmodernity examines and defines itself, supplanting the categories of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
Editions of Bending Over Backwards
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780814719497
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780814719503
Read an Excerpt
With the advent of the human genome, cloning, stem-cell research and many other developments in the way we think of the body, disability studies provides an entirely new way of thinking about the body in its relation to politics, the environment, the legal system, and global economies.
Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics. Throughout, he maintains that disability is the prime category of postmodernity because it redefines the body in relation to concepts of normalcy, which underlie the very foundations of democracy and humanistic ideas about the body.
Bending Over Backwards argues that disability can become the new prism through which postmodernity examines and defines itself, supplanting the categories of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bending Over Backwards about?
With the advent of the human genome, cloning, stem-cell research and many other developments in the way we think of the body, disability studies provides an entirely new way of thinking about the body in its relation to politics, the environment, the legal system, and global economies.
Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics. Throughout, he maintains that disability is the prime category of postmodernity because it redefines the body in relation to concepts of normalcy, which underlie the very foundations of democracy and humanistic ideas about the body.
Bending Over Backwards argues that disability can become the new prism through which postmodernity examines and defines itself, supplanting the categories of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Bending Over Backwards?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social and ethical issues > Disability: social aspects
Where can I read a sample of Bending Over Backwards?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780814719497
How long is Bending Over Backwards and how many pages does it have?
Bending Over Backwards has 200 page(s)
Is Bending Over Backwards part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Cultural Front
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Bending Over Backwards?
Lennard J. Davis, Michael Bérubé
Who is the Publisher of the book Bending Over Backwards?
NYU Press
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Bending Over Backwards is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780814719497) and paperback(ISBN 9780814719503)
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