1. American Folklore Studies and Disability: An Introduction: 'Nothing about us without us.'
- Author
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Prahlad, Anand
- Subjects
Folklore -- Political aspects ,Disability -- Political aspects ,Folk literature -- Political aspects ,Book publishing -- Political activity -- Political aspects ,Michigan State University Press -- Political activity ,Oxford University Press (Oxford, England) -- Political activity ,University of Michigan Press -- Political activity ,Indiana University Press -- Political activity ,University Press of Mississippi -- Political activity - Abstract
As an introduction to the special issue on folklore and disability, this essay offers a brief overview of how concerns about disability have historically been included in folklore studies in the United States. It discusses the field of disability studies and how folklore has been an important element of disability theory and writing. In making an argument for how a more serious engagement with disability studies theory and writing can enhance US folkloristics, the essay further suggests the development of a subfield of folklore devoted to disability and folklore. Keywords: (from the AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus and Library of Congress subject headings), disabilities, disability studies, health, folklore studies, interdisciplinary studies, humanities, Disability in Folklore Studies: A Brief History American folklorists have, at least since the 1980s, been concerned with relationships between folklore and disability, and that concern has been expressed in [...]
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- 2024