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MisÞts:AFeministMaterialist DisabilityConcept ROSEMARIEGARLAND-THOMSON Thisarticleoffersthecriticalconcept misÞtinanefforttofurtherthinkthroughthe livedidentityandexperienceofdisabilityasitissituatedinplaceandtime.Theideaof amisÞtandthesituationofmisÞttingthatIofferhereelaborateamaterialistfeminist understandingofdisabilitybyextendingaconsiderationofhowtheparticularitiesof embodimentinteractwiththeenvironmentinitsbroadestsense,toincludebothits spatialandtemporalaspects.TheinterrelateddynamicsofÞttingandmisÞttingcon- stituteaparticularaspectofworld-makinginvolvedinmaterial-discursivebecoming. Theessaymakesthreearguments:theconceptofmisÞtemphasizestheparticularityof varyinglivedembodimentsandavoidsatheoreticalgenericdisabledbody;theconcept ofmisÞtclariÞesthecurrentfeministcriticalconversationaboutuniversalvulnerabil- ityanddependence;theconceptofmisÞttingasashiftingspatialandperpetually temporalrelationshipconfersagencyandvalueondisabledsubjects. Thisarticleoffersthecriticalconcept misÞtinanefforttofurtherthinkthrough thelivedidentityandexperienceofdisabilityasitissituatedinplaceandtime. Argumentsfrombothfeministandnon-feministtheoristshaveattemptedto shiftprevalenttraditionalunderstandingsofdisabilityaslack,excess,orßaw locatedinbodiestoarelationalconceptualizationofdisabilityasasocialcon- structionwhosemeaningisdeterminedprimarilythroughdiscourse.Disability oppressioninthisviewemanatesfromprejudicialattitudesthataregivenform intheworldthrougharchitecturalbarriers,exclusionaryinstitutionsandthe unequaldistributionandaccesstoresources. 1Similartotheusefuldistinction betweensexandgenderproposedbyearlyfeministssuchasGayleRubin (1975),theterms impairment anddisability distinguishbetweenbodilystatesor conditionstakentobeimpaired,andthesocialprocessofdisablementthat givesmeaningandconsequencestothoseimpairmentsintheworld. 2Although Hypatiavol.26,no.3(Summer,2011) rbyHypatia,Inc.
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