| Título: | "I Just Absolutely Loved What I Did": The Rhetorical Construction of a Disabled Identity |
| Autores: | Stephens, Yvonne; Kent State University |
| Fecha: | 2011-08-08 |
| Publicador: | Disability Studies Quarterly |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: | Peer-reviewed Article |
| Tema: | No aplica |
| Descripción: | Siebers (2008) calls for a move beyond the social model of disability toward a "theory of complex embodiment" that allows for acknowledgment of the "negative" aspects of embodied disability and, in turn, allows for the adoption of a disabled identity. I answer Siebers' call by analyzing the discourse of one disabled individual—my father, a man with multiple sclerosis—and discussing his complex identity construction as a disabled person who sees the disability as a source of strength and knowledge as well as a source of suffering. Returning to that on which the social model is built—rhetoric—I argue that his rhetorical construction of a disabled identity is necessary and provides evidence for the need to step beyond the social model as currently conceived. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |