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Care Ethics and Aesthetics in Post-Rehabilitation Disability Performance

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Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation. By Patrick McKelvey. New York University Press, 2024; 336 pp.; illustrations. $89.00 hardback, $32.00 paper, e-book available.
Giving and Taking Voice in Learning Disabled Theatre. By Tony McCaffrey. Routledge, 2023; 210 pp.; illustrations. $128.00 hardback, $31.96 paperback, e-book available.
Eco Soma: Pain and Joy in Speculative Performance Encounters. By Petra Kuppers. University of Minnesota Press, 2022; 280 pp.; illustrations. $112.00 hardback, $28.00 paperback, e-book available.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2025

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Abstract

Recent books on disability performance offer an opportunity to explore past and present disability performance labor, which has the potential to rupture the ableisms and hegemonies of conventional theatre.

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TDR , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , June 2025 , pp. 194 - 201
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of New York University Tisch School of the Arts

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