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Independence and Collectivity

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Configurations of Disability Performance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvBenjamin Wihstutz,Elena Backhausen,Mirjam Kreuser

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What do independence and collectivity have to do with dis/ability performance? This book offers a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exploration of how these two concepts intersect, challenge, and reshape our understanding of performance within disability contexts.Inside, readers will find a rich collection of essays that examine dis/ability performance both as artistic and activist practice and as a concept tied to capacity, ableism, and cultural resistance. The book interrogates the tension between individual and collective approaches to performance through four distinct lenses: crip and disability theory, which emphasizes interdependence in everyday life and disability arts; performance studies, which unpack ableist imperatives and dis/abled practices; (auto)ethnographic perspectives, revealing contradictions and negotiations around independence and identity; and practical strategies for navigating these dynamics within disability communities. Together, these contributions invite readers to rethink independence and collectivity as fluid, interconnected forces shaping cultural and political resistance.This volume is essential reading for students and scholars in disability studies, theatre and performance, film and media studies, sociology, cultural anthropology, American studies, and queer and gender studies. Anyone interested in disability arts, activism, and the politics of performance will find this book an invaluable resource.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-08-01
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
Antal sidor304
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041021650

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Benjamin Wihstutz is an Associate professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Principal Investigator of the CRC-project “Disability Performance and Studies in Human Differentiation”Elena Backhausen is a post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Film, Theatre, Media and Cultural Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and a member of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC1482) “Studies in Human Differentiation”Mirjam Kreuser is a research associate in the Department of Film, Theatre, Media and Cultural Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and an inclusion officer at Goethe-University Frankfurt. In Mainz, she is working on her PhD thesis on mental distress and theatre.

List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of Figures01 IntroductionBackhausen, Elena / Kreuser, Mirjam / Wihstutz, BenjaminPart I: Performing and Competing02 Being tethered in a network of interdependencies – Non-human entities in visually impaired sports performances constituting subjectivity Backhausen, Elena03 Climbing for independence: Mount Kilimanjaro as a symbolic site ofalbinism performanceKrings, Matthias04 Age and/as Disability: Johnny Cash in IsolationGehrmann, RuthPart II: Strategies and Workarounds05 Voodling, Camérer: Image is a(n Autistic) VerbDind, Julie06 One for Sorrow, Two for Joy: Cultural patterns of obsessive reality construction and a performative model for mental distressKreuser, Mirjam07 Deaf Gaming: Performance between autonomy and collectivity in online gamer communitiesOchsner, Beate/ Spöhrer, MarkusPart III: Care and Community08 Sexual Independence as Collective Performance in Sex Education andAssistance for Disabled PeopleBoll, Tobias/ Brunnengräber, Miriam09 Care, Community, and Contingencies: Artistic Practice Rooted in Access Mühlemann, Nina10 Discipline – Control – Care. On the History of SpectatorshipWihstutz, BenjaminPart IV: Politics and Policies11 ‘We travel together in an untogether way’: independence and collectivity inlearning disabled theatre McCaffrey, Tony12 Questioning independence and inclusion: the thoughts of a performer withdifferentiated bodyMonteiro, Felipe13 Collectivity and crip resistance practice at the cultural center Sjiraffen inTrondheim, NorwayGlørstad, Vibeke14 Outline for a disability critique property Gissen, DavidIndex