Reimagining Disablist and Ableist Violence as Abjection

This book explores the ways in which disabled subjects are constituted, regulated, governed, and violated through an account of abjection, abandoning a construct of violence and moving to a theorization of abjection to explore how they are (re)produced, constituted, and treated through time. It utilizes crip and queer theory to imagine dis/ability differently and will be of interest to scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, and criminology.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 182 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing upon vivid and harrowing life history narratives of people labeled intellectually disabled, this book examines the ways in which disabled subjects are constituted, regulated, governed, and violated through an account of abjection.

Extending interdisciplinary dialogues and approaches, it abandons a construct of violence (which by law requires a stable notion of a victim and a perpetrator) and moves to a theorization of abjection to explore the ways in which disabled subjects are (re)produced, constituted, and treated through time. Deploying a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches, this book sits at the intersections of criminology and sociology, re-thinks notions of dis/ability, violence, and subjectivity, and utilizes crip and queer theory to imagine dis/ability differently.

It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, and criminology, and specifically those working in the areas of life history work, post-structuralism, hate crime, and post-modern criminology.

Weight: 340g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367525002