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Social Science People With Disabilities

Mobilizing Metaphor

Art, Culture, and Disability Activism in Canada

edited by Christine Kelly & Michael Orsini

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2016
Category
People with Disabilities, Art & Politics
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774832793
    Publish Date
    Oct 2016
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774832823
    Publish Date
    Nov 2016
    List Price
    $34.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774832809
    Publish Date
    May 2017
    List Price
    $34.95

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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.

Michael Orsini's profile page