Culture theory disability : encounters between disability studies and cultural studies Which theoretical approaches of contemporary cultural criticism can Disability Studies employ At the same time what can Cultural Studies gain by incorporating disability more fully as a framework for critical analysis This international collection of essays enriches the thriving discourse of Cultural Disability Studies by offering stimulating dialogues between British Czech German and US American scholars. In order to contour the various »contact zones« between the two fields the volume works transdisciplinarily drawing on fields such as sociology literary studies art history and philosophy