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Tobin Siebers is V. L. Parrington Collegiate Professor of Literary and Cultural Criticism, Professor of Art and Design and the Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan.
"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 Diaz--and much, much more.
Disability Aesthetics is a stunning achievement, a must-read for
anyone interested in how to understand the world we half create and
half perceive."
--Michael Bérubé, Paterno Family Professor in Literature,
Pennsylvania State University--Michael Bérubé "Michael Bérubé"
(12/22/2009 12:00:00 AM)
"In the volume under review, Siebers challenges stubborn
presuppostitions in aesthetics (and other fields) by offering a
theory and a means of investigating how and why disablility has
been represented in modern art, and in other forms and modes of
human expression, including modern media. This book will assert
significant scholarly influence and is an indespensable resource
for numerous fields of investigation, including visual art, visual
studies, cultural studies, literary studies, media studies and
sociology."
--K L Cole, University of Sioux Falls--K L Cole "CHOICE"
(12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM)
"Rich with examples of the disabled body in both historical and
modern art, Tobin Siebers's new book explores how disability
problematizes commonly accepted ideas about aesthetics and beauty.
For Siebers, disability is not a pejorative condition as much as it
is a form of embodied difference. He is as comfortable discussing
the Venus de Milo as he is discussing Andy Warhol. Disability
Aesthetics is a prescient and much-needed contribution to visual
critical studies."
--Joseph Grigely, Professor of Visual Critical Studies, The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago--Joseph Grigely "Joseph Grigely"
(12/14/2009 12:00:00 AM)
"Tobin Siebers's Disability Aesthetics takes the project of
theorizing disability's role in art across the ages to a new level.
... The book will be especially useful to art historians and
critics but also to anyone interested in matters of aesthetics in
any conceivable medium, period, or genre."
--Disability Studies Quarterly--Nicholas Hetrick, Ohio State
University "Disability Studies Quarterly" (5/16/2011 12:00:00
AM)
"In the volume under review, Siebers challenges stubborn
presuppostitions in aesthetics (and other fields) by offering a
theory and a means of investigating how and why disablility has
been represented in modern art, and in other forms and modes of
human expression, including modern media. This book will assert
significant scholarly influence and is an indespensable resource
for numerous fields of investigation, including visual art, visual
studies, cultural studies, literary studies, media studies and
sociology."--Choice, K L Cole, University of Sioux Falls
"Tobin Siebers's Disability Aesthetics takes the project of
theorizing disability's role in art across the ages to a new level.
... The book will be especially useful to art historians and
critics but also to anyone interested in matters of aesthetics in
any conceivable medium, period, or genre."---Disability Studies
Quarterly
"Pulling and yanking at the long-held mainstream conventions
regarding disability and impairment, the work is a carefully
crafted and thoughtful intellectual exercise which is, at times,
difficult but definitely necessary."
--TOPIA Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
--Nancy Hansen "TOPIA Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies"
(1/25/2016 12:00:00 AM)
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