Michael Davidson and Sue Schweik: Resources and Texts

Sue Schweik has supplied us with PDF copies of two essays on Josephine Miles and disability studies in preparation for the upcoming Nonsite event on June 6 2009. The essays are available at the bottom of this page.

Michael Davidson has recommended a couple of texts, including:

• Lee Edelman, No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive. (Duke University Press, 2004). -- in particular the introduction
• Robert McRuer, Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (NYU Press, 2006).
• Michael Davidson,Concerto for the Left Hand: Disability and the Defamiliar Body. (University of Michigan Press, 2008). -- in particular chapters 3 & 4 (on d/Deaf performance) and chapter 5 (on Larry Eigner)