Disability Aesthetics

by Tobin Anthony Siebers and Tobin Siebers

Book Overview

"Disability Aesthetics ambitiously redefines both 'disability' and 'aesthetics, ' showing us that disability is central not only to modern art but also to the way we apprehend (and interact with) bodies and buildings. Along the way, Tobin Siebers revisits the beautiful and the sublime, 'degenerate' art and 'disqualified' bodies, culture wars and condemned neighborhoods, the art of Marc Quinn and the fiction of Junot D?az---and much, much...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472051008
• ISBN13: 9780472051007
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"