What is “disability”?
- Autumn 2013
Course Flyer:
Meeting Time:
TTh 2:30pm - 4:20pm
Location:
THO 119
SLN:
11767
Instructor:
Additional Details:
What is “disability”? What is “health”? What is “normal”? What is a “body”? This course will examine how these questions have historically been answered in Russia and its cultural productions involving disability, focusing on 19th -21st -century literature and art. Among our topics: the grotesque, the “holy fool” and the “cult of suffering.” We conclude with a consideration of the disabled in late/post-Soviet Russia – a (still-ongoing) historical moment in which discourses of disability have reached unprecedented levels – and ponder the future of disability rights in Russia.
Catalog Description:
Offered occasionally by visitors or resident faculty. Content varies.
Department Requirements Met:
Literature Elective
GE Requirements Met:
Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts (VLPA)
Credits:
5
Status:
Withdrawn
Last updated:
April 28, 2016 - 9:21am