FEM 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Disability Studies, Chronic Condition, Masculinity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2110
• Professor: Mythili Rajiva

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Fem 2110 guest lecture october 30th 2017: masculinity and disability: intersectional perspectives, eli clare, exile and pride, disability as weakness, masculinity as strength: sick kids video. Exile and pride: different models of disability: medical, social. Critical disability studies scholarship in recent decades have analyzed two important models for understanding disability: the first, a medical model, is highly individualistic and characterizes disability as a problem that must either be accommodated or (cid:862)cured(cid:863)/rehabilitated (robert mcruer, As s(cid:272)holars (cid:449)ithin the field of (cid:272)riti(cid:272)al disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) studies ha(cid:448)e argued (e. g. wendell, 1996; Garland-thomson, 2002; 2011; lanoix, 2005; mcruer, 2006; silvers, 2009; davis, 2010; hall, An ableist society is characterized by the cultural, social, political, legal and economic oppression of people with disabilities ableist societies are structured to privilege the normate body with cultural, political and social institutions and norms reflecting that body. People with disabilities face high levels of violence, marginalization, poverty and stigma, often perpetuated by medical institutions.