Reading Nancy Mairs and Creating a Personal Intersectional Identity
Location
156 Student Union: Endeavor Room A
Start Date
4-11-2015 9:30 AM
End Date
4-11-2015 11:00 AM
Description
Nancy Mairs' writing surfaces in classrooms, medical offices and personal homes. Specifically, "On Being a Cripple" spotlights Mairs' agency and self-identification. After hearing this essay participants can engage in an exercise grounded in Kimberlé Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality.
Repository Citation
Brooks, Stephanie, "Reading Nancy Mairs and Creating a Personal Intersectional Identity" (2015). Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality, and Disability. 13.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/breaking_silences/2015/november4/13
Reading Nancy Mairs and Creating a Personal Intersectional Identity
156 Student Union: Endeavor Room A
Nancy Mairs' writing surfaces in classrooms, medical offices and personal homes. Specifically, "On Being a Cripple" spotlights Mairs' agency and self-identification. After hearing this essay participants can engage in an exercise grounded in Kimberlé Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality.
