Queering disability studies, while also expanding the purview of queer and sexuality studies, these essays shake up notions about who and what is sexy and sexualizable, what counts as sex, and what desire is. From multiple perspectives-including literary analysis, ethnography, and autobiography-they consider how sex and disability come together and how disabled people negotiate sex and sexual identities in ableist and heteronormative culture. What if "sex" and "disability" were understood as intimately related concepts? And what if disabled people were seen as both subjects and objects of a range of erotic desires and practices? These are among the questions that this collection's contributors engage. The major texts in sexuality studies, including queer theory, rarely mention disability, and foundational texts in disability studies do not discuss sex in much detail. The title of this collection of essays, Sex and Disability, unites two terms that the popular imagination often regards as incongruous. Labor and Working-Class History Association.Association for Middle East Women's Studies. Author Resources from University Presses.Permissions Information for Journal Authors.Journals fulfilled by DUP Journal Services.
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