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Susan Schweik

Social philology, Rachel Blau DuPlessis's name for a method for reading, can be productively applied when analyzing poetry's relation to disability. The essay maps out some exploratory paths toward such a social... more
Social philology, Rachel Blau DuPlessis's name for a method for reading, can be productively applied when analyzing poetry's relation to disability. The essay maps out some exploratory paths toward such a social philology, following a precursor whose own poetic interests ...
Said, Pull her up a bit will you, Mac, I want to unload there. Said, Pull her up my rear end, first come first served. Said, give her the gun, Bud, he needs a taste of his own bumper. Then the usher came out and got into the act: ...... more
Said, Pull her up a bit will you, Mac, I want to unload there. Said, Pull her up my rear end, first come first served. Said, give her the gun, Bud, he needs a taste of his own bumper. Then the usher came out and got into the act: ... Said, Pull her up, pull her up a bit, we need this ...
The Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (JLCDS) focuses on cultural and especially literary representations of disability. Containing a wide variety of textual analyses that are informed by disability theory and, by... more
The Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (JLCDS) focuses on cultural and especially literary representations of disability. Containing a wide variety of textual analyses that are informed by disability theory and, by extension, experiences of disability, it is essential reading for scholars whose work concentrates on the portrayal of disability in literature. More broadly, it is instrumental in the interdisciplinarity of literary studies, cultural studies, and disability studies.
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