Books like Disability and Discourse

Loved Disability and Discourse by Val Williams? Here are 7 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

7 books

1Disability Theory
Disability Theory
Tobin Siebers
A theoretical account of disability as a social and cultural category, placing disability within wider debates about identity and representation.
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2Extraordinary Bodies
Extraordinary Bodies
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
A study of how culture represents disabled bodies, looking at the images and stories that shape how people see difference.
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3Narrative Prosthesis
Narrative Prosthesis
Sharon L. Snyder
An examination of how disability is used as a device in literature and storytelling, showing how narrative relies on disabled figures.
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4Crip Theory
Crip Theory
Robert McRuer
A critical study that brings disability into conversation with queer theory and questions norms of able-bodiedness.
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5Stigma
Stigma
Erving Goffman
A foundational sociological account of how stigmatised identities, including disability, are managed in everyday talk and interaction.
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6Staring
Staring
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
An essay on the act of looking at people who appear different, and what that gaze reveals about social expectations.
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7Understanding Disability
Understanding Disability
Michael Oliver
A clear account of the social model of disability and its consequences for policy and everyday practice.
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