Middlebury

AMST 0260

American Disability Studies

American Disability Studies: History, Meanings, and Cultures
In this course we will examine the history, meanings, and realities of disability in the United States. We will analyze the social, political, economic, environmental, and material factors that shape the meanings of "disability," examining changes and continuities over time. Students will draw critical attention to the connections between disability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and age in American and transnational contexts. Diverse sources, including films and television shows, music, advertising, fiction, memoirs, and material objects, encourage inter and multi-disciplinary approaches to disability. Central themes we consider include language, privilege, community, citizenship, education, medicine and technology, and representation.
Subject:
American Studies
Department:
Program in American Studies
Division:
Interdisciplinary
Requirements Fulfilled:
AMR HIS SOC
Equivalent Courses:

Sections

Fall 2024

AMST0260A-F24 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2023

AMST0260A-F23 Lecture (Burch)

Spring 2023

AMST0260A-S23 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2021

AMST0260A-F21 Lecture (Burch)

Spring 2021

AMST0260A-S21 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2018

AMST0260A-F18 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2017

AMST0260A-F17 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2016

AMST0260A-F16 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2015

AMST0260A-F15 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2014

AMST0260A-F14 Lecture (Burch)

Fall 2012

AMST0260A-F12 Lecture (Burch)