Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (Cultural Front)
“Engaging, expansive, and generous.”-Sex Roles,“This well-annotated text invites the uninitiated reader to become involved, to reimagine previously held perceptions of what may be considered 'otherness,' to welcome disabilities, to access collectively other worlds and future possibilities.”-Journal of American Studies,“The members of the Committee were especially impressed by McRuer’s original intervention in the area of queer studies, one that not only sheds light on the important new area of disability studies, but brings it into conversation with a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from composition studies to performance art. McRuer’s book combines the public and the private work of queer studies in surprisingly new ways.”-Ed Madden,Gay and Lesbian Caucus for the MLA“McRuer charts new intersections for disability studies, queer studies, and American studies. His work is [at its] most vertiginous and rich . . . as he moves swiftly from cinema to street gangs to coming out Crip.”-American Quarterly,“A wonderful combination of humor, theory, intellectual, and personal insights . . . A valuable and well-written study.”-Disability Studies Quarterly,