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The Absent Presence of Elsie Lacks: Hauntings at the Intersection of Race, Class, Gender, and Disability.
- Source :
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African American Review . Summer2017, Vol. 50 Issue 2, Preceding p123-137. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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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