Mobilizing metaphor : art, culture, and disability activism in Canada / edited by Christine Kelly and Michael Orsini.
"Mobilizing Metaphor illustrates how artistic and radical efforts are reshaping disability activism in Canada and, in the process, challenging dominant perceptions of disability. Recent changes to Canadian disability policy have seen disability programs hampered by funding cuts and other austerity measures. But this oppression has also given new life to an already vibrant Canadian tradition of disability activism. Until now, research has focused on the legal and policy spheres and overlooked disability activism that expresses itself alongside and outside conventional policy reform, often through a variety of art forms. Here, contributions by disability artists, activists, and academics show how disability art is distinctive as both art and social action. Richly illustrated with photographs and other images, and including an insightful concluding chapter by renowned disability scholar Tanya Titchkoksy, this array of artistic, cultural, and radical approaches to disability politics demonstrates that disability activism is as varied as the populations it represents. 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."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780774832793
- ISBN: 0774832797
- Physical Description: xiv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | People with disabilities and the arts > Canada. People with disabilities > Political activity > Canada. People with disabilities in art. Political activists > Canada. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | NX180 .H34 M63 2016 (Text) | 30241240 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |