Social Science People With Disabilities
Mobilizing Metaphor
Art, Culture, and Disability Activism in Canada
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2016
- Category
- People with Disabilities, Art & Politics
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774832793
- Publish Date
- Oct 2016
- List Price
- $95.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774832823
- Publish Date
- Nov 2016
- List Price
- $34.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774832809
- Publish Date
- May 2017
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Mobilizing Metaphor 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.
Until 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. Mobilizing Metaphor 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.
As 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.
About the authors
Christine Kelly's profile page
Michael Orsini is Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.