Nov 1 2018

Black Women’s Speculative Fiction and the Deconstruction of Able-Mindedness

November 1, 2018

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location

Richard J. Daley Library, Room 1-470

Address

801 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607

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Drawn from Dr. Schalk’s new book, Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction (Duke UP 2018), this talk explores how the concept of able-mindedness is based on racial and gender norms, and argues that black women's speculative fiction deconstructs able-mindedness by representing differing experiences of reality. Using the examples of Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata and contemporary police violence against black people, this talk insists upon the intersectional and mutually constitutive nature of ableism and racism in our contemporary world. Co-sponsors: Departments of African American Studies, Disability and Human Development, and English; Gender and Sexuality Center; Gender & Women’s Studies Program.

Black Women’s Speculative Fiction and the Deconstruction of Able-Mindedness

Sami Schalk is an assistant professor of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Her research focuses on representations of race, disability, and gender in contemporary American culture. Dr. Schalk has published her work in journals such as Disability Studies Quarterly, Journal of Modern Literature, African American Review and Journal of Popular Culture. Learn more about her at samischalk.com.

Presented by Disability Cultural Center and Women’s Leadership & Resource Center

Disability Cultural Center Disability and Human Development Gender and Sexuality Center Gender and Women’s Studies African American Studies and English

Lecture

When: Nov. 1, 2018 Time: 6 – 8 pm Where: Richard J. Daley Library, Room 1-470, 801 S. Morgan St.
CART and Sign Language Interpreting will be provided. Please email wlrc@uic.edu to request additional accessibility services.

Seminar

When: Nov. 2, 2018 Time: 11 am – 1 pm Where: 2028 University Hall, 601 S. Morgan St.
RSVP: wlrc@uic.edu

Reception to Follow; Books will be available for purchase (312) 413-1025. This book is also available for purchase in electronic format.

Co-sponsors: Departments of African American Studies, Disability and Human Development, and English; Gender and Sexuality Center; Gender & Women’s Studies Program.