Disabled Bodies In Society: Linton's Impairment
As we are discovering in the course, the body is both biological and social, and a lived aspect of human experience. In the first chapter of The Body in Society, Howson introduced the idea of the social self. Recently, you read the pages on disability from this chapter. You also read a chapter titled “Monstrosity, Enfreakment, and Disability” in Body Studies. I want you to use ideas and concepts from the texts to analyze Simi Linton's memoir, My Body Politic.
Address the following bullet points in your paper:
• Briefly describe Linton's impairment.
• How does Linton's understanding of disability and the meaning of her body change over time?
• How does Linton's thinking evolve from a medical/biomedical model of disability to a social model of disability?
Your paper should be sociological, which means you focus on Linton's social self as you address the latter two bullet points above.
Your paper should be analytical. I expect you to use specific concepts from the text and specific examples from the memoir. Define the key concepts in your paper (you can quote or paraphrase—both strategies require a citation). Use quotations from the memoir to support your points.
The paper is not a summary or description of Linton's life. , The use of the word “I' is not appropriate in this paper. The paper is not a response or reaction to the memoir (personal stories should not be shared in this paper).
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