Аннотация:Until 1999, major works in disability studies tended to ignore
the influential body theories of Judith Butler, or to argue that her
theories relied upon the disabled body as a constitutive Other. Between
1999 and 2001, however, a number of works have appeared which apply
Butler's theories to disability. I consider both the original disregard
for Butler and her recent adoption in disability studies to shed light
upon possibilities for developing integrated feminist disability theory
and praxis in the future. I suggest that applying Butler's theories
to disability should take place in a contextualized and critical mode,
and that substituting disability for Butler's own terms of sex or
gender without fully considering the implications of such a substitution
may obscure important differences between identity-categories. Finally,
I challenge feminist and gender theorists such as Butler to include and
account for the disabled body in their future work.
