Telling Ourselves Sideways, Crooked and Crip: An Introduction

Authors

  • Joshua St. Pierre Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta
  • Danielle Peers Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, ​University of Alberta.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v5i3.293

Keywords:

identity, cripping, representation

Abstract

Stories about us are boring. As predictable and ubiquitous as they are dangerous, normate narrations of our lives are as straight as they come: one-dimensional narratives of tragic loss and/or progressive normativity. We are dying or overcoming. We become a burden or an inspiration. We desire vindication or marriage. Our entire narrative worlds are defined by our Otherness, yet revolve around the normates and the normative. These stories cut straight to the point, using—and used as—well-steeped, easily readable metaphors bolstered by the requisite piano-based musical cues. If we didn’t know us better, we would bore us.

Author Biographies

Joshua St. Pierre, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta

Izaak Walton Killam Scholar, Canada Graduate Scholar, PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta.

Danielle Peers, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, ​University of Alberta.

PhD., Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta.

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

St. Pierre, J., & Peers, D. (2016). Telling Ourselves Sideways, Crooked and Crip: An Introduction. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 5(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v5i3.293

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2016): Telling Ourselves Sideways, Crooked and Crip

Section

Foreword

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