The Politics of Accessibility: Disability and Intersectional Feminism
FGSS 369
Spring 2026
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01
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This course will examine the social, historical, and political factors that have mediated the visibility of disabled people, as well as the legibility of disability as a marker of identity. As part of global discourses on human rights, disability activism has been a source of significant political change, intimately tied to struggles for the civil rights of racialized, gendered, and working class populations; at the same time, disability activists have pushed for a deeper critique of the assumptions and biases that condition and restrict access to political participation and social/cultural engagement. In order to unpack these connections, we will develop an interdisciplinary and intersectional academic practice, exploring a multitude of activist, artistic, and critical interventions in popular media, social media, documentary film, creative writing, and academic scholarship that have attempted to shift and transform cultural understandings of disability. |
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| Credit: 3 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS FGSS |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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| Instructor(s): Duncan,Zora Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 17 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 17 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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