The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability explores disability in visual culture, examining how bodily and cognitive differences are articulated physically and theoretically and demonstrating how disability is culturally constructed. It includes artists from across historical periods and cultures and engages with questions such as how people with disabilities are represented, how notions of disability are articulated, and how artists use visual culture to affirm or subvert notions of the normative body. It is useful for scholars in art history, disability studies, visual culture, and museum studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 450 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability is a comprehensive exploration of disability in visual culture, aimed at uncovering the ways in which bodily and cognitive differences are physically and theoretically articulated and demonstrating the culturally constructed nature of disability. Organized thematically, the companion features artists from various historical periods and cultures, highlighting the historical and cultural contingency of disability. It addresses key questions such as how people with disabilities are represented in art, how notions of disability are related to ideas of normality, hybridity, and anomaly, and how artists use visual culture to affirm or subvert notions of the normative body. Contributors also consider the changing role of disability in visual culture, the place of representations in society, and the ways in which disability studies engage with and critique intersectional notions of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. This book is essential for scholars in art history, disability studies, visual culture, and museum studies, providing a valuable resource for understanding the complex relationship between disability and visual representation.

The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability

The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability is a comprehensive exploration of disability in visual culture, aimed at uncovering the ways in which bodily and cognitive differences are physically and theoretically articulated and demonstrating the culturally constructed nature of disability. Organized thematically, the companion features artists from various historical periods and cultures, highlighting the historical and cultural contingency of disability. It addresses key questions such as how people with disabilities are represented in art, how notions of disability are related to ideas of normality, hybridity, and anomaly, and how artists use visual culture to affirm or subvert notions of the normative body. Contributors also consider the changing role of disability in visual culture, the place of representations in society, and the ways in which disability studies engage with and critique intersectional notions of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. This book is essential for scholars in art history, disability studies, visual culture, and museum studies, providing a valuable resource for understanding the complex relationship between disability and visual representation.

Weight: 818g
Dimension: 245 x 176 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032225944