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The Absent Presence of Elsie Lacks: Hauntings at the Intersection of Race, Class, Gender, and Disability.

Authors :
Gill, Michael
Erevelles, Nirmala
Source :
African American Review. Summer2017, Vol. 50 Issue 2, Preceding p123-137. 16p.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

In this paper, we offer a critical (crip) (re)reading of Rebecca Skloot's book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" to foreground the complex ways in which disability as a central organizing logic intersects with race, class, and gender to animate a "haunting" narrative. By centering Elsie's narrative, we call upon disability studies scholars to continue to engage in the project of dismantling ableist, capitalist, white supremacy. As such we privilege intersectionality as a critical framework in engaging disability at the intersections of race, class, and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10624783
Volume :
50
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
African American Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
124437320
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/afa.2017.0017