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So long as they grow out of it: comics, the discourse of developmental normalcy, and disability
1Departments of Women's Studies, English, and STS, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 211 Miller Lane, P.O. Box 557, Boalsburg, PA 16827, USA. sxs62@psu.edu
Abstract:
This essay draws on two emerging fields--the study of comics or graphic fiction, and disability studies--to demonstrate how graphic fictions articulate the embodied, ethical, and sociopolitical experiences of impairment and disability. Examining David B's Epileptic and Paul Karasik and Judy Karasik's The Ride Together, I argue that these graphic novels unsettle conventional notions of normalcy and disability. In so doing, they also challenge our assumed dimensions and possibilities of the comics genre and medium, demonstrating the great potential comics hold for disability studies.
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