Table Of Content‘David Bolt is one of the foundational scholars working in critical disability studies,
and the clear and concise outline of disability and education here showcases his
extensive knowledge of the field. Well-written, accessible, and with a wide range
of examples from across disciplines, this book is essential reading for everyone
working in the subject areas on which it focuses.’
– Professor Stuart Murray, Director, Leeds Centre for
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CULTURAL DISABILITY STUDIES IN
EDUCATION
Overthelastfewdecadesdisabilitystudieshasemergednotonlyasadisciplineinitself
butalsoasacatalystforculturaldisabilitystudiesandDisabilityStudiesinEducation.In
thisbookthethreeareasbecomeunitedinanewfieldthatrecogniseseducationasa
discoursebetweentutorsandstudentswhoexplorerepresentationsofdisabilityonthe
levelsofeverythingfromacademicdisciplinesandknowledgetolanguageandtheory;
fromreceivedunderstandingsandsocialattitudestonarrativeandcharacterisation.
Moving from late nineteenth- to early twenty-first-century representations, this
book combines disability studies with aesthetics, film studies, Holocaust studies,
gender studies,happinessstudies,popular music studies,humour studies,and media
studies. In so doing it encourages discussion around representations of disability in
drama, novels, films, autobiography, short stories, music videos, sitcoms, and
advertising campaigns. Discussions are underpinned by the tripartite model of dis-
ability and so disrupt one-dimensional representations.
CulturalDisabilityStudiesinEducationencourageseducatorsandstudentstoengage
with disability as an isolating, hurtful, and joyful experience that merits multiple
levelsofrepresentationandofferstruepotentialforanon-normativesocialaesthetic.
It will be required reading for all scholars and students of disability studies, cultural
disabilitystudies,DisabilityStudiesinEducation,sociology,andculturalstudies.
David Bolt is Professor in the Department of Disability and Education at Liver-
pool Hope University, UK, where he is also Director of the Centre for Culture
andDisabilityStudies.Heistheeditor-in-chiefoftheJournalofLiteraryandCultural
DisabilityStudies;aserieseditorofLiteraryDisabilityStudies;andageneraleditorof
A Cultural History of Disability. Previous books include The Madwoman and the
Blindman (2012); The Metanarrative of Blindness (2014); Changing Social Attitudes
Toward Disability (Routledge, 2014); and Disability, Avoidance, and the Academy
(Routledge, 2016).
ROUTLEDGE ADVANCES IN DISABILITY STUDIES
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Cultural Disability Studies in Education
Interdisciplinary Navigations of the Normative Divide
David Bolt
CULTURAL DISABILITY
STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Interdisciplinary Navigations of the
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David Bolt
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements x
Introduction: Cultural disability studies in education:
Fields, representations, and social aesthetics 1
Introduction: Social sciences, humanities, and education 1
The tripartite model of disability: A critical framework 3
Navigations of the normative divide: Social aesthetics and cultural
representations 7
Conclusion: Cultural Disability Studies in Education 10
1 Visions from the yellow decade: Disability, aesthetics,
and residual existence 15
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and aesthetics 15
Divided and divided again: The imaginary of doom and gloom 16
Shambolic but symbolic: Revolutionary misrepresentation 19
Not so novel: The resonance of pre-surrealism and realism 21
Concluding discussion: Ocularnormative aesthetics 23
Indicative questions 24
2 From sideshow to cinema: Disability, film, and
horrification 26
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and film studies 26
Narrative with a vengeance: One of us 27
Nightmare scenario: From children to monsters 30
Behind the monster: Unexpected praise 32
Concluding discussion: Horrification and society 33
Indicative questions 34
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3 Remembering the drowned and the saved: Disability,
Holocaust, and the inadequacies of representation 37
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and Holocaust studies 37
Realities of representation: Classic and critical approaches 38
Learning from Levi: Humanity, criticality, and dignity 40
Keeping the lessons alive: The necessity of multiplicity 43
Concluding discussion: Supplementing the moral imperative 45
Indicative questions 47
4 In the log house: Disability, gender, and resistance to
social norms 49
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and gender studies 49
Identity politics: Gender, disability, and juxtapositions 50
Unhappy accident: Left bereft 52
Man and boy: From trivialisation to infantilisation 55
Concluding discussion: Her and him 57
Indicative questions 58
5 Stuff happens: Disability, happiness, and the pursuit of
cure 61
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and happiness studies 61
The shock of happiness: Blindness is bliss 62
It might never happen: From contentment to uncertainty 65
As it happens: Life writing 67
Concluding discussion: Happiness-cure synonymy 68
Indicative questions 69
6 End of the rock star: Disability, music, and the passage
of time 73
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and popular music studies 73
Rock star persona: Now and then 74
Revolutionary representation: From normative to non-normative
positivisms 79
Concluding discussion: The heroes and casualties of tragic
representation 80
Indicative questions 82
7 One of the crowd: Disability, humour, and the
contradictions of comedy 85
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and humour studies 85
How everyone talks: Disabling language 86
Here today: Disabling narrative 89
Contents ix
Concluding discussion: Latent disability humour 92
Indicative questions 93
8 On the campaign trail: Disability, mass media, and levels
of representation 96
Preliminary discussion: Disability studies and media studies 96
Real beauty and real blindness: Wonderful representation 97
The sighted face of blindness: Fearful and pitiful representation 100
Dramatics and problematics: Nothing more than need 103
Concluding discussion: The need for multifaceted representation 104
Indicative questions 105
Epilogue 109
Glossary of terms 114
Index 116
